Guildhall banquet snubbed by Bush [View All]

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PRESIDENT BUSH rejected strenuous efforts by the City to persuade him to attend a high-profile event in the Square Mile because he did not want to be seen in the company of financial institutions, City sources claimed last night.

President Bush was offered a 600-seat banquet at Guildhall during his state visit to Britain next week, with the surrounding City streets sealed off for security by the Corporation of London.

“His minders in the States said they were looking for pictures beamed back of him with ordinary people rather than toffs and financiers ahead of election year,” one highly placed Corporation insider said. “After Enron, WorldCom and other such disasters, Bush doesn’t want to be seen in that company
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