November 19, 2003

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Unfortunately, locking him up in the Tower is not on the agenda
TODAY: Palace greeting by the Royals, Tony Blair, two ministers, and dignitaries; Royal Salute {Ed: LOL. Gawd. See pic below for my version} from Guard of Honour at 9.55am; resident gives lunchtime speech at the Banqueting House, Whitehall; meets families of victims of the twin towers attack.

Alternative "state procession" through London, including lookalikes of George Bush and the Queen, starting at 11am from Jubilee Gardens and finishing at noon in Trafalgar Square; "Resist Bush" tea party outside Buckingham Palace, from 3pm; plays, poetry and anti-war films around London from 1pm until late; in Edinburgh, a rally at 2pm and from 6pm a march to the US consulate.

In evening the resident and first lady Pickles attend a state banquet at Buckingham Palace.

TOMORROW: resident lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior and tours Westminster Abbey, meets British veterans of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; holds talks with Mr Blair, then joint press conference at the Foreign Office. Lunch organised by the TV chef Nigella Lawson.

Leaders discuss HIV/Aids with representatives.

March in London organised by Stop the War Coalition, the Muslim Association of Britain and CND. Starts at 2pm, Malet Street and ends in Trafalgar Square, where a statue of Mr Bush will be pulled down. Due to finish at 7pm; demonstrations in Cardiff, Sheffield, Bristol and other cities planned.

Senor Stupido and Stepford wife host a dinner for the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

FRIDAY: Bushes fly to Sedgefield; leaders lunch with Mr Blair's constituents. Bushes fly to Washington in evening.

Protest in Tony Blair's Sedgefield constituency from 10am; Guantanamo Bay protest at US embassy, 11am; petition handed to Scotland Yard at noon asking for Mr Blair to be investigated for war crimes.


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