Have you seen the state of Downing Street lately?

Let me tell you this for nothing; George W. Bush is unlikely to be ferried in through the front gate on Sunday:

In fact, there are workmen busily removing scaffolding by the rear entrance today.

The closure of Whitehall “for the President’s safety” is a load of old bollocks. They just want the protestors well out of earshot by the time the entrees are served.

UPDATE – Yes, the area immediately around the Cenotaph is in a right old state as well. I take back what I said about a wreath laying being a dead-cert… unless someone can rustle up 300+ yards of black curtain before Sunday morning.