As if the whole event wasn't enough the handover was later stolen by politicians once again, the kinds of Boris "I will do whatever it takes to look cool on camera" Johnson and of course Gordon "Smile is not on my dictionary" Brown.
But then again looking back to the "show" we put, and I do mean Leona Lewis + Jimmy Page + David Beckham, I feel terribly sorry, London games are going to be the mega-dandruff of the century. All the planet going back to the 80s music I can feel it already.

Oh dear.