All Mitt was doing was reflecting back all the Brit moaning that was going on before the start of the games: security debacle, transport and the likes of the Daily Mail pronouncing that we're all doomed.
His big mistake was in not realising that...
(a) Brits like to moan a lot about themselves
(b) Locals hate it when an outsider repeats the same criticisms that they've just made themselves
(c) Even if we're all doomed, a diplomat must keep smiling, shaking hands and patting heads
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/26/mitt-romney-shambles_n_1707995.html
His big mistake was in not realising that...
(a) Brits like to moan a lot about themselves
(b) Locals hate it when an outsider repeats the same criticisms that they've just made themselves
(c) Even if we're all doomed, a diplomat must keep smiling, shaking hands and patting heads
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/26/mitt-romney-shambles_n_1707995.html