Going zoink! off the scale

Living in just four stops from the Stratford Olympic site means that we get a flavour of the excitement there is here about the games which begin tonight with the opening ceremony. Ok, there have been people complaining about anti-aircraft missiles sited on blocks of flats, not enough security people, fears about big delays at Heathrow and worries about the the capital's transport network, but it only takes Mitt Romney to mention them and all the complaining stops. It's as if we Brits are all...