There is a somewhat heated debate going on in this country (Hi, I'm a Brit.) over who exactly asked President Bush over for his little jaunt. The more cynical parts of our press are suggesting that he basically invited himself and that Tony Blair aquiesed.
There was a lot of very high handed demands made of our police and civil service both before and during the visit, some of which were turned down, others not.
It wouldn't surprise me at all if the landing pads were chosen by the Americans and that there was no-one here willing to say "you can't have them there."
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Date: 2003-11-24 08:41 am (UTC)There was a lot of very high handed demands made of our police and civil service both before and during the visit, some of which were turned down, others not.
It wouldn't surprise me at all if the landing pads were chosen by the Americans and that there was no-one here willing to say "you can't have them there."