BUSH'S STATE VISIT TO UK

PRESIDENT George W Bush is to make a full state visit to Britain after weeks of top-secret talks, The People can reveal.

But the American leader's trip is certain to infuriate anti-war protesters - and potentially inflict further damage on Tony Blair's popularity.

Anger over the invasion of Iraq is thought to be behind Labour's shock defeat in last week's Brent East by-election and the PM is already seen by many as Mr Bush's pet poodle.

News of the four-day visit in November will be formally announced on Tuesday by Buckingham Palace - where Mr Bush will stay with First Lady Laura.

The invitation is designed to reinforce our special relationship with America but any anti-war scenes will be embarrassing.

US secret service agents have already said the President must stay at Buckingham Palace rather than Windsor Castle following security blunders that allowed intruder Aaron Barschak to gatecrash Prince William's 21st birthday bash.

"Buckingham Palace can be policed more securely than Windsor," said a royal insider. "No one wants to take any risks with such a high-profile visit."

Protocol dictates that Mr and Mrs Bush stay in the sumptuous Belgian Suite, just as Vladimir Putin did in June.

Mr Bush is the first US president to make a full state visit since the Queen was crowned more than 50 years ago.

He will get a full ceremonial welcome, an honour not even granted to Ronald Reagan during his friendship with Margaret Thatcher as the Cold War raged. Mr Bush will address both Houses of Parliament and pay his respects at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Westminster.

He and Mrs Bush will also be treated to a state banquet at the Palace - with the Queen and Tony Blair invited to a return bash at the American ambassador's home in Regent's Park.

The President may also attend a Remembrance Sunday ceremony. Mr Bush last came to Britain in July 2001. Although he dined with the Queen it was not classed as a state visit.

 http://www.people.co.uk/homepage/news/page.cfm?objectid=13431087&method=thepeople_full&siteid=79490

So get organising now, it's about time some definate direct action is taken by the Stop The War Coalition instead of the useless marches from A to B.

'Bare Your Bum at Bush'

Objective
To collectively voice our displeasure at the impending arrival of George W Bush in the UK and in doing so either sour the experience or prevent his arrival.

Background
George W. Bush has already cancelled one visit to this country because he felt more than a little unwelcome. The man is terribly secretive about state visits, but Laura Bush recently let slip that a visit to the UK is being planned sometime in autumn. Our aim is to give the man the bum's rush before he even arrives and/or show him exactly what we think of him in the finest British tradition.

Baring Your Bum
If you hear of a visit to your part of town or happen to see George W Bush, bare your arse in his general direction. Don't be afraid to wiggle it about a bit and maybe even spread your cheeks; this is a political statement you're making and you don't want to do things by halves, now do you?

 http://www.bloggerheads.com/can_weblogs/bush_bum.asp

I definitely agree with the above comments about squeezing the Stop the War Coalition out of this one. They are the group that made the protests against the war so ineffective, and prevented us from the admittedly difficult task of preventing British troops from joining the Blair and Bush war. Autonomous mass actions have successfully been organised in the past, this seems like an excellent opportunity to do so again.

It's far more important to fuck up the Stop the War Coalition than protest Bush!

Ordinary British people hate Bush because he's a stupid Yank but some get fooled by Marxist-liberals like Stop the War into supporting all sorts of political-correct bollocks. We should organise counter-demos against the StW/SWP wankers!

If this visit comes off and his movements turn out to be as widely publicised as is suggested, it is time for everyone to band together and make this visit as uncomfortable as possible. i disagree with getting the visit cancelled. I think he should be allowed to come, as is everyones right, but he should bare the full brunt of public feeling over his criminal antics. if it happens, and lets wait for things to be clarified before anything is clearly suggested or organised, each movement of his and protest against him must be recorded from as many positions and angles as possible. Nothing must go unnoticed!

"It's far more important to fuck up the Stop the War Coalition than protest Bush! "

WHADDAFUCK???

"Ordinary British people hate Bush because he's a stupid Yank but some get fooled by Marxist-liberals like Stop the War into supporting all sorts of political-correct bollocks. We should organise counter-demos against the StW/SWP wankers!"

Jesus. I must be dreaming. "Marxist-liberals"???

I knew that IMC attracts all sorts of loonies, but this really takes the biscuit.

It would be INSANE to reveal this level of pathetic prolier-than-thou division to the right wing press and the pro-war gits.

(I suspect that the revolting "Rockwell" is actually behind the "autonomous" post, just look at comments like "political-correct bollocks" - this is clearly a reactionary arsehole writing, and I suspect from his "analysis" a BNP member).

Counter-demos. Yeah, just what we need. Bush comes to Britain to gloat about mass murder and instead of righteous anger at the killer-in-chief swanning around all we see is one section of the left attacking another. Again.

Any idea of the damage that pictures of a "counter-demo" against the official peace movement would do? How the likes of the Sun would gloat??

Are you working for the CIA? Probably failed the interview.

By all means do your own thing. I support direct action alongside events of mass mobilisation. But don't sabotage the STWC. It is NOT just the
SWP. There are CND members, Greens, communists, socialists and anarchists of all description. Not to mention Muslims, Jews, Christians, Lib Dems and even a couple of Tories.

This is a mass movement, despite the composition of some local STWC branches.

Anyone who thinks otherwise is tragically ignorant and is insulting the thousands of dedicated people who actually (no, really) OPPOSE THE WAR!

To claim that the coalition has "failed" is rubbish. It introduced hundreds of thousands of first-timers to activism and mounted the biggest demonstration in the history of Britain!

We need all forms of protest, not this pathetic and sectarian whinging from a bunch of no-marks who, it would seem, would be better off wanking each other off in balaclavas than trying to make a serious contribution to the fascist takeover of the world.

Ignore all agent provocvateurs! Unite! Unite, for fucks sake. The enemy is obvious and its not the bloody SWP!!!

Christ, sometimes you lot make me mad. When will we learn?

I think the 'fuck up the STWC' post was being sarcastic after my last message - namely that the anti-bush demo should be grasped by autonomous groups and the grassroots, rather than by the StWC. I wasn't saying we should fuck up the coalition, just that it has failed in the past, and that we shouldn't allow it to fuck up this event too...

'stop the Stop the War Coalition from fucking up' is more like it.

George W. Bush, war criminal, and President of the United States of America
is planning to visit the United Kingdom from Wednesday 19th to Friday the 21st of November.

We are asking all those who believe that the UK was brought to war under false
pretense, that Tony Blair lied to Parliament and the people about the threat from Iraq,
that he brought the UK to war against the will of the vast majority of the population, and that George W. Bush, together with Tony Blair, is responsible for launching an illegal, unjust and immoral war


to participate in the 'George W. Bush NOT WELCOME Pretzel Campaign'.

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Visit the website to see how you can participate and for a list of
protest events surrounding Bush's visit.

I think we'll all be doing world peace a big favour if we make sure there is an ample supply of Pretzels on hand whereever Bush goes during his hate visit... If he doesn't get the hint then with a bit of luck he'll choke on one.

Bush should be treated as a war criminal. Blair almost as bad, notice how no money for firemen but plenty for war ?

Does anyone on here have anything insightful to say? Or is this forum where people can indulge in prejudice and anger disguised in politcal philosophy attmpting to take the moral high ground? No one seems to have anything intelligent to say because, it seems, you are having a collective hissy fit rather then having any genuine interest world.

I didn’t see many people protesting on the streets about the countless genocides that have occurred around the world in the last 10 years. Why is that? Simply, because you just don’t care. It never interested you.

I see right through you and your playground logic.