The NHS is the UK's one and only True and Universal Religion, and it's quintessentially british, like Mr Bean, crumpets and the queen.

Not celebrating the NHS during the London Olympics opening is akin to blasphemy.

Maybe it was cut for some international broadcasts because not everyone will understand.

Look again at the insurmountable hill that is the US's potential transition to a fully public healthcare system, and consider that celebrating having done that elsewhere might be valid.