No palace parade for Bush as Blair gets cold feet

[Tinoire]

No palace parade for Bush as Blair gets cold feet
By Tim Walker
(Filed: 19/10/2003)


Plans for the Queen and George W Bush to make a triumphant procession along the Mall during the president's state visit next month have been abandoned because of fears of anti-war protests.

The decision, taken by Downing Street after consultations with Buckingham Palace, the White House and Scotland Yard, has disappointed the president and his senior aides.

The procession is traditionally the public high point of a state visit. A senior Palace official said yesterday that detailed plans had been made. "But Downing Street, anxious about possible anti-war protests from the start, has now decided to pull the plug on it," said the official.

"We are liaising with the White House and they have made no attempt to hide their disappointment. They saw it, obviously, as a great photo opportunity."

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[sleipnir]

1. Excellent

Ha, Bush loses!

I love this, they wanted a pretty photo op, but not with all the angry people who want to drum Bush out of the country....

Nice that they don't have 1st Amendment zones over the pond.

[piece sine]

9. oh please...

it's NOT that there won't be photo-ops....more than we can stand...but the public frolic is OUT! Wanna bet the Secret Service has no problem with this decision whatsoever.

[JoFerret]

11. Too bad

...it could have been quite the scene. Now they will keep him locked in the safe box for all his photo ops.

[Zhade]

2. HAHAHAHAHA!

FUCK YOU, TRAITOR! No parade for the warmonger...though I support parading his treacherous little whistle-ass straight to the Hague!

[saigon68]

20. The Filipinos threw flowers and kisses at their parade on Thursday

Apparently the Iraqis have started a new type of tribute GREETING and everyone in the world wants to join in.

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FIRE UP those flags boys !!!!

[Nottingham]

3. Blair is not wanting to push his luck

:bounce: And Parading Bush is pushing it

[AP]

6. Blair is not really a fan of Bush. n/t

[Mokito]

7. Then he has a strange way of expressing it.

[pinniped]

4. First chimpy gets chased out of the Phillipines now this.

Try landing at an atoll, maybe he'll get lucky and not encounter any protestors.

[Hieronymus]

5. You think.....

it's seeped into his addled brain that he is hated by most of the free world? If he only depends on his handlers, never reading newspapers, he likely has no idea.:kick:

[Pastiche423]

8. I still hope the Brits Bare their Bums

[0007]

13. Maybe the bloody queen

will bare her saggy buns at the royal dinner fit for a king.

By the way King is the name of my dog!

[Rose Siding]

19. That would have been a great parade

All the Brits, backside out. I'm disappointed, too!

[ConcernedCanuk]

10. Hmm Whassamatter ? - they got no stinkin' Aircraft Carrieirs in Britain ?

. . I heard Aircraft Carriers are real safe places for PhotoOps,

and ya get a "captive" audience to boot !!

[Buns_of_Fire]

12. I think the Queen was probably less than thrilled

with the prospect of Boosh landing on the mall in a V-22 (Osprey) and emerging in his Commander Codpiece outfit.

President Bush's trip is the first full state visit of an American president since the Queen came to the throne 52 years ago. He will travel by helicopter to avoid protesters who line road routes. Other proposed events have also been curtailed or cancelled, and he will not address Parliament because of fears of a boycott by MPs.

Poor, poor widdle Bunnypants. Won't get to strut his stuff amongst the adoring peons...:eyes:

[Darth_Kitten]

21. God Save the Queen.......

:evilgrin:

:thumbsup:

[IggleDoer]

14. Truly a man of the people

... as long as he chooses the people he associates with.

[radfringe]

15. Thought the Whistleass welcomed "protestors" as a sign

of Democracy at work?????

...mmmmm me thinks the real reason is a lack of a guaranteed standing ovation

:evilgrin:

[Buns_of_Fire]

17. He'd get a guaranteed standing recognition

After all, you pretty-much have to be standing to properly Bare Your Bum At Bush.

[MaineDem]

16. I'd bet this is what the White House wanted all along

Downing Street is just "going along" again.

W doesn't want a public forum for protests.

[goforit]

18. Two born losers are finally tossed out!!!!

This is an admirable decision by downing street!!!

But then again it would be quite entertaining to see
a couple thousand of tomatoes tossed their way!!!

LOL!!!!!

[TahitiNut]

22. duplicate

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=173444

I'm locking this thread. Interested DUers are welcome to continue discussing this in the referenced thread.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation,
TahitiNut - DU moderator

[GCP]

23. (The WH) "have made no attempt to hide their disappointment"

Does this twat in the WH have no fuckin' idea just how hated he is by the rest of the free world?

I really really wanted him to go out on the streets and see for himself what people think of him. Unfortunately that's never going to happen.

:grr: