London Mayor: 'There's guy called Mitt Romney who wants to know if we are ready'

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Mitt Romney suffered yet another humiliation as he was jeered by thousands of Brits tonight after London's mayor publicly mocked the presidential hopeful's gaffe over the UK's ability to host the Olympics.

It capped a disastrous day in London for Romney after he kicked off his first foreign tour - as an entire city has appeared to turn against him.

Speaking in front of 60,000 assembled in Hyde Park at a concert to mark the end of the Olympic Torch relay, Mayor Boris Johnson used Romney's earlier remarks as a rallying cry.

He shouted to the crowd: 'There's guy called Mitt Romney who wants to know if we are ready. Are we ready? Yes we are!'

In response, the raucous crowd erupted in thunderous applause.

It was the latest humiliating jab at Mitt Romney since the Republican began off his first foreign tour.

Earlier in the day, he was rebuked by UK Prime Minister David Cameron for questioning whether Britain will be able to stage the Olympic Games effectively.

Diplomatically, the two are off to an incredibly rocky start as Romney began his London trip to meet British leaders, hold fundraisers and attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympics.

If Romney can defeat Obama in November, he and Cameron would have brought strain to their 'special relationship' before it even begins.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2179309/Mayor-Boris-Johnson-attacking-Mitt-Romney-Olympic-torch-arrives-London.html

[rocks 494]

I heard about this on NPR earlier.

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We are holding an Olympic Games in one of the busiest most active bustling cities anywhere in the world," Cameron said. "Of course it's easier if you hold an Olympic Games in the middle of nowhere. I visited Naypyidaw recently, in Burma, they've got six-lane highways and no cars on them. This is a busy, bustling city so inevitably you're going to have challenges."

Cameron was making the point that it would be easier to run an Olympics in a less congested place. But the British press jumped all over the "middle of nowhere" remark, saying it had to be a dig at Romney and the Salt Lake City games he ran in 2002.

This is the first time I've ever agreed with him.

So much for "restoring Anglo-Saxon relations between Britain and America", unless of course he meant the word destroy instead of restore.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

And here's a few pics of London mayor Boris Johnson's claim to fame.

[rocks 494]

And here's a few pics of London mayor Boris Johnson's claim to fame.

Yeah, he's incompetent. He's a conservative.

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[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

So much for "restoring Anglo-Saxon relations between Britain and America", unless of course he meant the word destroy instead of restore.

Yeah, he stepped in it big time with this one. Looking forward to the disaster he'll leave behind in Poland and Israel.

Yeah, hes incompetent. He's a conservative.

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[Pooky 3,830]

And here's a few pics of London mayor Boris Johnson's claim to fame.

Yeah, he's incompetent. He's a conservative.

And yet the voters in London re-elected him.

I guess they thought Ken Livingstone was worse. Smart voters.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

And yet the voters in London re-elected him.

I guess they thought Ken Livingstone was worse. Smart voters.

I have to agree on this one. I was all for Red Ken... until he was actually Mayor. One embarrassment after another and I lurched to the right a little. Just a little, apparently, because on arrival in the States I was back to being labelled a pinko, so that's all right.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Someone needs to let the Brits know that it's no longer 1968.

[rocks 494]

And yet the voters in London re-elected him.

I guess they thought Ken Livingstone was worse. Smart voters.

It's the random babble and the sexy hair that makes them love him.

Boris is just so likeable! Wouldn't you vote for him too?

Someone needs to let the Brits know that it's no longer 1968.

Just so you know, Boris Johnson was born in New York. He's no Brit!

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Well he did get a haircut and find his comb in time for the Olympics so Mitt Romney is not correct that London wasn't ready

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Lol, Romney what an international clown.

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London Mayor: 'There's guy called Mitt Romney who wants to know if we are ready'

North Korea is asking the same question.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

London Mayor: 'There's guy called Mitt Romney who wants to know if we are ready'

North Korea is asking the same question.

That being the case, maybe Mitt Romney should run for President of North Korea.

[Pooky 3,830]

Having watched the opening ceremony last night, I think we can give this one to Boris

It must really suck to be made to look a fool by Britain's favourite clown.

[rocks 494]

Having watched the opening ceremony last night, I think we can give this one to Boris

It must really suck to be made to look a fool by Britain's favourite clown.

I thought the opening ceremony was awesome apart from the ANNOYING commentators who talked all over the music.