Britain seems a reluctant host

[struggle4progress]

Karla Adam and Griff Witte
07:40, Jun 03 2019

... "When extending a visit and making those plans concrete, you want to feel excited and joyful at the idea, and I think people have sort of seen it as something they have to get through," said Leslie Vinjamuri, head of Chatham House's Americas programme ...

... House of Commons Speaker John Bercow said Trump would not be welcome to address lawmakers at the Palace of Westminster ...

... London Mayor Sadiq Khan .. said on Friday that as important as relations between the United States and Britain may be, "it's wrong that the red carpet is rolled out" ...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/113195801/as-donald-trumps-state-visit-looms-britain-seems-a-reluctant-host

[walkingman]

1. Reluctant is not the word for it - pissed more like it.

[RainCaster]

2. Pissed means drunk in the UK

But I get what you are saying. It's like when your loser cousin comes to visit at Christmas.

[walkingman]

3. Yep and brings his out-of-control brats with him :)

[smirkymonkey]

4. This will be interesting