The British Broadcasting Corp. reported Wednesday that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will not attend the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics.

Can this be the first of many a dominoes to fall? And if it’s true … the fuse has been lit. The question remaining will be what fallout will the explosion create?

ESPN-Report: Brown will not attend opening ceremonies in Beijing

Flash Update: Gordon Brown today confirmed that he will not be attending the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony … Angela Merkel, German chancellor, will stay away from the opening ceremony in protest along with her counterparts in Poland and the Czech Republic. France’s human rights minister, Rama Yade, told Le Monde at the weekend the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, would boycott the opening ceremony unless China starts talks with the Dalai Lama and release political prisoners.

Brown will not attend Beijing opening ceremony