Chanting A Weak Farewell To George Bush
PRESIDENT George Bush “will bid Britain farewell today and then fly home after a frantic final tour of Europe where he secured vague assurances of support, but little tangible progress, for what remains of his foreign policy,” writes the Times.
Caption the picture.
Bush is pictured meeting with the Queen (FT and Times’ front pages) and Gordon Brown (Telegraph).
But the Guardian features not the star but his opponents. A clue to the paper’s seinsibilities can be sensed in its leader column: “World leaders have legacies. Global disasters have aftermaths.”
The front page headline trills: “What do we want? George Bush. What do we get? A no-show.”
Crowds often turn out in Britain for the farewell tours of famous American names and yesterday was no exception. Some 2,500 had gathered in Parliament Square hours before the big event was due to start, and there plenty of T-shirts and memorabilia on sale.But despite non-stop chants of his name, the star of the show made no appearance in front of the crowds.
The Guardian is the papers that ignores the big American star on the red carpet and looks at the fans. It says Bush is not there, which may means the paper was in the wrong place? It seems surprised that chanting someone’s name fails to conjure them up. Still, no news can still be news:
The fact that the chants were “George Bush terrorist” and “Arrest George Bush” may have had something to do with it. Certainly the noise was loud enough to be heard above the polite conversation 200 yards away at 10 Downing Street.
Why would Bush appear at Parliament Square, that glorified roundabout that’s home to a camp site and peopled by tourists staring up at Big Ben and armed police?
Given the weight of this sort of palsied protest, is it any wonder Bush did what he wanted to without disturbance?
Posted: 16th, June 2008 | In: Broadsheets, George Bush, Politicians, War On Terror Comments (10) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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June 17th, 2008 at 10:02 am
..he didn’t win in Florida either - allegedly…..
June 16th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Never mind Terry, apart from the things you mentoned it’s a pretty nice country.
Also George didn’t win here in Wisconsin, not every state is retarded.
David (Escaped Brit)
June 16th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Interesting picture, the police look like a bunch of deranged avokados with checkerboard hats.
What’s with the vests? Is it to make them better targets?
June 16th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
A country of 300 million. Universities stuffed with Nobel prize winners. An ethnically diverse population containing talent from around the world. Arguably the last great superpower with a military unmatched by any other in the world. So out of these 300 million alternatives who do they pick as leader?- Dubya!!! Coming into contact with Americans on a daily basis through my business I fear even the current crop of presidential wannabees will be selected almost entirely on the basis of ageism, masogynism or racism. As an Brit living and working in the USA I despair.
June 16th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
…complete nutters, bless ‘em!
June 16th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
So George wasn’t curious this time, what a shame…
June 16th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
It should be I cut and pasted it from the real george thread
June 16th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Yampster - that’s frighteningly accurate…. for all our sakes, please take the medication RIGHT now!!!
June 16th, 2008 at 9:37 am
George,these r written especially 4 u cos i luv ya…x if u do read this and gimme ur num dont worry im 14 to! xxxx please!!! u dont have to 4 safety reasons incase u think im gonna stalk u honestly im not..i just think ur cute even in 2007 i cried wen ya didnt get through! u r lushhhhh!
Sorry, wrong George
June 16th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Given his level of comprehension, Dubya might think ‘Bugger off George’ means ‘we love ya George’? and is too overwhelmed with blushes to appear, or is so red faced he’s lost on the red carpet?