Given his track record for backing losers it’s probably a good thing that Labour Eddie Izzard has only half-heartedly backed Team GB:
Very well done to @teamGB but I've also noted that the European Union has won 68 gold medals so far – beating China http://t.co/keACZwt4
— Eddie Izzard (@eddieizzard) August 8, 2012
Has he seen the Commonwealth count?