Via Jim Manzi, it seems that thousands and thousands of people are being inconvenienced by George W Bush’s arrival at Heathrow. Well, I don’t particularly begrudge him his security (but do they really need three planes and four helicopters?) but why aren’t they using an RAF base instead of the country’s busiest airport?

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