Inside the Coalition of the Willing

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"The Queen has every right to feel insulted at the way she has been treated by Bush," said a Palace insider.

"The repairs will cost tens of thousands of pounds but the damage to historic and rare plants will be immense. They are still taking an inventory."

Comments

[machineplay.livejournal.com]

I read that one last night and thought it was a spoof at first. Completely unreal. *sighs* And yet, so telling. :(

How are you feeling today?

[joffridus.livejournal.com]

I'm not saying that the American visitors were well-behaved or cared about anything of beauty.

But didn't the British government tell them where to land their helicopters? It's certainly not like they just flew up to the palace and said, "hey that looks like a good spot." And why wasn't there someone telling the TV people where to go?

I don't find it hard to believe that the Americans were not respectful of the place. But I do find it hard to believe that there wasn't a Brit there who's job it was to direct things...

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

that makes me want to move, i swear. we are badly governed by gormless yahoos. :(

[supergee.livejournal.com]

I swear I don't believe that Stranger in a Strange Land is a Sacred Prophetic Book, but first the way to get through to the "amiable nonentity" who runs the free world being through his wife's astrologer, and now the storm troops are putting their helicopter and their jackbooted feet in the flowers.

mensis horribilis

[scythrop.livejournal.com]

What an awful month the queen has had, what with the state visit and the undercover footman "exposé." I'm sure I read an article from last week that she specifically asked that no helicopters land in the garden, but I suppose since the palace — unlike, say, Sandringham — belongs to the state there are some things she just has to endure. At least she has a new granddaughter to distract her from her woes.