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With President Obama visiting the UK for the G20 summit today, many column inches have been devoted to security, logistics and exactly how long it will be before Gordon Brown says, "So, Barack, how about a job swap for a few weeks? No?"
Here at Top Gear, however, our concerns were far more pressing: how the hell were they going to manage to manoeuvre The Beast - Obama's mahoosive presidential limo - around Downing St?
Thankfully the BBC were on hand to find out:
Watch The Beast's three-point turn on BBC News
Good work, chaps. Especially the frantically gesticulating fellow who almost tripped himself up. Though we do wonder why they even bother attempting to avoid pavements (sorry, kerbs), walls and so forth. What's going to come out worse in a head-on impact between shoddy British masonry and a ten-tonne lump of Kevlar and armour plating?
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samwise commented on this article
at 05:09 pm on 01 April 2009
The American economy has probably been damaged even more by just filling that thing up with fuel.
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A4R0N-24 commented on this article
at 05:33 pm on 01 April 2009
No wonder why Global Warming is happening
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Matt2093 commented on this article
at 08:59 pm on 01 April 2009
I want global warming , I mean sure the polar bears dying is bad , but they kill things them selves and have you felt the temperature of this country . "Get out your Range rovers and warm this country up " Jezza. It is forever raining .
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Matt2093 commented on this article
at 08:59 pm on 01 April 2009
I want global warming , I mean sure the polar bears dying is bad , but they kill things them selves and have you felt the temperature of this country . "Get out your Range rovers and warm this country up " Jezza. It is forever raining .
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VicWong commented on this article
at 09:58 pm on 01 April 2009
Actually -- can we get that Beastie onto the TG test track?
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