Oh. Lordie, Lordie. And so the headline pile-on begins across The Pond. When will it start in the U.S.?
Mitt Romney handed Barack Obama a priceless gift for the US presidential election campaign when the presumptive Republican nominee blundered on his first diplomatic outing by questioning whether London was capable of staging a successful Olympic Games.
In a move that astonished Downing Street, hours before it laid on a special reception for Romney at No 10 he told NBC there were "disconcerting" signs about the preparations for the Games.
One senior Whitehall source said: "What a total shocker. We are speechless."
Egad. An international incident within minutes of landing at Heathrow? And making big waves at papers like The Guardian?
Poor Willard. Now his entire trip has got a millstone around its neck; his every word will be measured and poked for veracity and tact.
Could. Not. Happen. To. A. Worse. Politician.