Where are you Mr Vice President?

I see the feral beasts and their Tory friends are trying to say that Gordon's being snubbed because he may or may not have a press conference with President Obama.

How vain are they? What matters is that Gordon and President Obama get the chance to lay the groundwork for the G20 meeting in April.

What matters is that they continue to work closely to develop an international action plan for that meeting in London.

What matters is that we all work together to reflate the world economy and reform the banking system that got us into this mess.

What doesn't matter is Adam Boulton and the Tory press getting a press conference to throw smart alec questions at Gordon in petty attempts to embarass him in front of Obama. (By the way, have you seen that Sky News advert when Boulton says to Gordon, 'the BBC are waiting to interview you now.' Pathetic.)

Anyway, the visit reminds me of my trip to the White House. Shortly after 9/11, I flew to Washington to offer our support. I was ushered into a room but Vice President Dick Cheney wasn't there. I was told he would speak to me on a video link.

When he face came up on the screen I asked him where he was as it sounded as if he was in a cave or bunker. He replied that he was in a 'secure location.'

So I said: "You must know now what it's like to be Bin Laden?"

I don't think he or our red-socked fop of an ambassador at the time found that very funny.

But I'm glad that since then we've had a positive change for the better in the White House AND the Embassy!