“George Bush was last night branded chicken for scrapping his speech to Parliament because he feared being heckled by anti-war MPs.

The US president planned to give a joint address to the Commons and Lords during his state visit to Britain.

But senior White House adviser Dr Harlan Ullman said: ‘They would have loved to do it because it would have been a great photo-opportunity.

‘But they were fearful it would to turn into a spectacle with Labour backbenchers walking out.'” —mirror.co.uk