Gordon Brown won't go

From Telegraph.co.uk:

Gordon Brown has said that he would not be attending the opening ceremony for the Olympics Games in Beijing in August.
Downing Street insisted that the Prime Minister had never intended to go.Instead Mr Brown would be present for the closing of the Games as leader of the next Olympic host country.However, the move could be seen as a snub to Beijing after it was widely reported in the Chinese press that Mr Brown would attend the opening.