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twenex
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Bush Visits Britain.
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Nov 11 17:11 UTC 2003 |
"President" George W Bush plans to visit Great Britain this
month. Predictably, a row has erupted, as the (Amjerican)
Secret Service apparently asked for large areas of London to
be cordoned off to provide security for the President -
something not even accorded our own Queen or Prime Minister.
Furthermore, Governor Blair has appealed to people not to
"embarass" him and his betht fwend by protesting over the
War in Iraq.
Yankee Poodle went to town,
riding on a crony,
"Get lost! George Bush -
"We want you out!
"And F*** Off Phoney Tony!"
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happyboy
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response 1 of 70:
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Nov 11 17:16 UTC 2003 |
:)
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willcome
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response 2 of 70:
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Nov 11 21:18 UTC 2003 |
I don't see why you have to be so stubbornly British, twenex.
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tod
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response 3 of 70:
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Nov 11 22:05 UTC 2003 |
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naftee
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response 4 of 70:
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Nov 11 22:48 UTC 2003 |
Bush should go on a two-day trip to London and Paris. In Ontario, that is.
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other
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response 5 of 70:
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Nov 12 00:41 UTC 2003 |
No wonder Bush so rarely makes appearance outside the U.S. He can't
control the opposition's exposure to the media outside his own
jurisdiction.
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clees
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response 6 of 70:
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Nov 12 07:05 UTC 2003 |
Nah, he's just chicken.
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sj2
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response 7 of 70:
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Nov 12 08:17 UTC 2003 |
Bush goes exclusive
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Peace protesters planning a march to mark the US president's state
visit next week say police are planning to seal off large parts of
central London. Campaigners are planning a "Stop Bush" protest march
through central London on 20 November, but say the Metropolitan Police
are trying to block them.
As President Bush and his wife are due to stay at Buckingham Palace,
there has been speculation much of the Mall and Whitehall will be
closed off along with parts of the City.
Scotland Yard says it is not revealing details of road closures yet
for security reasons, but says it will facilitate lawful
demonstrations.
But the Stop the War Coalition says it will not accept any route that
avoids Parliament.
It follows a row between the Metropolitan Police and civil rights
campaigners over the use of anti-terror powers against protesters at
an arms fair in September.
Campaign spokesman John Rees told BBC London: "It seems as if they
(the police) are going to comply with the White House's request to
create an exclusion zone in central London during George Bush's visit.
The president's last visit was met with some protest "And they have
told the Stop the War Coalition they won't agree to a route that goes
through Parliament Square or Whitehall."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/3259005.stm
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Why does he want to goto London? If he wants to meet the queen and his
pet dog, can't they be summoned to the whitehouse? And he can always
address the British parliament over videophone. This will save them
from embarrasing protests too.
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mcnally
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response 8 of 70:
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Nov 12 08:32 UTC 2003 |
> It follows a row between the Metropolitan Police and civil rights
> campaigners over the use of anti-terror powers against protesters at
> an arms fair in September.
arms fair?
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kenscann
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response 9 of 70:
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Nov 12 11:59 UTC 2003 |
it was like a guns and bombs bring and buy sale...I really hate been British
some times!!
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sj2
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response 10 of 70:
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Nov 12 15:42 UTC 2003 |
Btw, the australians did bow to the demand on an exlcusion zone around
their parliament for Bush.
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twenex
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response 11 of 70:
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Nov 12 15:43 UTC 2003 |
re #2: probably because:
1) I'm British;
2) I'm stubborn!
;-P
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twenex
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response 12 of 70:
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Nov 12 15:45 UTC 2003 |
re: 9:
Heh.
re: 11: Not surprising. John Howard (The Australian
PM) makes Thatcher look like a bleeding-heart liberal.
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tod
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response 13 of 70:
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Nov 12 18:15 UTC 2003 |
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janc
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response 14 of 70:
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Nov 16 22:19 UTC 2003 |
Please jeer at him as much as possible while he is there. Preferably everyone
in England should jeer continuously, day and night, so long as he is present,
so that no TV cameras can show anyone not jeering. Except the Queen, I guess.
I don't suppose she's even capable of jeering.
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twenex
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response 15 of 70:
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Nov 16 22:37 UTC 2003 |
ROTFLMAO. No, really. right on.
It wouldn't be seemly for the Queen to be caught jeering.
I bet she thinks he's a jackass though /grin.
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other
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response 16 of 70:
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Nov 16 23:01 UTC 2003 |
The Queen should privately take President Rove aside and inform him
that if he doesn't clean up his act, he'll NEVER get Mr. Bush
elected.
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rcurl
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response 17 of 70:
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Nov 16 23:05 UTC 2003 |
You think the Queen wants to help reelect Bush?
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other
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response 18 of 70:
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Nov 16 23:19 UTC 2003 |
Good point...
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janc
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response 19 of 70:
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Nov 17 00:58 UTC 2003 |
I'm sure expressing a preference for or against a political candidate would
come pretty close to jeering in the Queen's book. The Queen will be correct,
so the rest of the country won't have to be.
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twenex
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response 20 of 70:
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Nov 17 05:01 UTC 2003 |
Yeah. Hooray for Lizzie. The country'll be a very different place when she's
gone *sniff*.
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gull
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response 21 of 70:
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Nov 17 16:02 UTC 2003 |
I expect Bush to completely ignore the protesters. He's focused on
getting re-elected, now, and there are very few people in Britain who
are eligible to vote for him. ;>
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twenex
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response 22 of 70:
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Nov 17 18:02 UTC 2003 |
Really? Darn, and I was all set to vote for that Dean guy. Oh well...
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other
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response 23 of 70:
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Nov 17 21:07 UTC 2003 |
It's not about him recognizing or ignoring them, it's about the
media giving them exposure while they're covering him.
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twenex
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response 24 of 70:
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Nov 17 21:40 UTC 2003 |
Actually, it's about them being able (or not) to gain
direct access to the President to peacefully protest,
whether or not he or the media take a blind bit of notice.
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