During the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games , taking place in London , Burley denounced the content of the ceremony on the microblog Twitter as He went on to suggest that it was Burley later attempted to clarify his remarks , tweeting : Criticism both on Twitter and elsewhere followed the publication of the tweet , with former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott replying : " That opening ceremony made me proud to be British . Your tweet made me angry that you are too . " Fellow Conservative MP Gavin Barwell also expressed indignation , writing that " us Londoners are rather proud of the diversity of our city , " and noting that there was " nothing left-wing about it . " On 30 July , Prime Minister David Cameron commented that " " what ( Burley ) said was completely wrong ... an idiotic thing to say "
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2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
Aidan Burley