It may be a global language but this is the UK, and they would be speaking German if it was not for us!

Yeah but they do speak French.
and there were a lot of people form the commonwealth and eventual the yanks and they pushed forward dam fast. One of my granddads was with them oddly as a reconisence person and map drawer. And the first person from the UK in to some of the camps. Found that more disturbing than the things he had seen elsewhere. Destroyed him really shut down.

Oh I should remember the poles and other freedom fighters from occupied countries and the rest of the allies not in the commonwealth and the Americans that volunteered for the services etc.

Och, it's just a wee shame for you, x 2

Next holiday is in Paraguay, hubba hubba.

Meet the new boss same as the old boss

Just one example why we are the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Changed my mind.... C'mon the GB

Go every one

Doesn't it take some time for 140 odd countries to walk their athletes into a stadium?

Good for Danny Boyle, inspired vision and execution, I really enjoyed the whole opening bit. A nice touch too that we can still laugh at ourselves!

As said above I can't fathom why we aren't team UK as we are referred to as UK in every list of nations I can think of.

We are at U in the order. I thinks.

Even the Queen joined in

Do we go in last as host nation(s)?

Did any any one know Atkins are the official design and engineering consultancy to the London 2012 Olympic games?
Uks best kept big secret

Thought the German President's reaction to his team was interesting

Linky

could be right

Was really good until the sportsmen turned up for the endless wandering by.....

This was the best tweet of the night:

Aidan Burley MP @AidanBurleyMP

Thank God the athletes have arrived! Now we can move on from leftie multi-cultural crap. Bring back red arrows, Shakespeare and the Stones!

If ever anyone had their finger on the pulse....

Is he still an MP? I think I know what pulse all five fingers are on..

What a knob is trevor nelson... i could hear the excitement of the occasion in his voice..not

Why did it need any of the dullards talking over it, stating the bleeding obvious?

What was the reason behind the football starting before the opening ceremony ?

Just to fit all the games in with as much time between games as possible

Goes on a bit, doesn't it?

I'm just killing time, waiting for a movie to start on channel filth !

Bollocks, Macca. Whole show spoilt.

So no lessons learned from the Jubilee concert

Wtf went on at the start of Hey Jude???

Was it dubbed and he came in at the wrong time ?!!!

Great cauldron but bit of a damp squib ending.

My favourite bit, and Mrs Ed's was the transformation of the green fields into the industrial pandemonium infested with chimneys

Macca was utter gash !

So 4 billion people worldwide saw Sir Paul mime a song?!

Liz and Phil looked really interested ! (not)

And then there's the relevance of Hey Jude? Isn't that about depression?!!

Contrast that to Heros by David Bowie when the United Kingdom team walked into the stadium. That was fantastic, my hairs stood on end and you could see the emotion in Chris Hoy's eyes.

Damp squib ending for sure. Give me 10 minutes and I'd think of a more fitting finale to the ceremony. And one that would truly raise the roof. Poor show.