UK: Romney's diplomatic fail

The Economist

Romney in Britain

Diplomatic, offensive

Still, not a great start to the tour. The most biting remarks came from anonymous officials. The Daily Mail quotes one mandarin as saying

What a car crash. We are speechless.

while the unkindest cut of all came from a "diplomatic source" in The Times:

It is worse than Sarah Palin in terms of basic diplomacy.

Update: It may be a good job that the British press hasn't read Mr Romney's book, "No Apology". Foreign Policy points out that the book contains a section that says

England is just a small island. Its roads and houses are small. With few exceptions, it doesn't make things that people in the rest of the world want to buy.

Read it at The Economist:
http://www.economist.com/blogs/blighty/2012/07/romney-britain