Batman Visits Queen!!

Well the British press showed themselves up in their true red, white n blue colours today (yesterday really but in my world it's still Monday). While thousands of children died of starvation and disease in Sudan the top story here was "A man dressed as Batman broke into Buckingham Palace and unveiled a banner on one of the balconies, police said their security arrangements had not been compromised"!!!!!! This only goes to prove what a self-obsessed, insular little nation we really are. OK so this was a fairly serious breach of security and did make a complete mockery of the police BUT does it really warrent top billing on every news channel?

Imagine the scene when this was first reported to the chief of security at the Palace:

PC: "....sir I think you'd better get down 'ere sharpish!"
Chief: "Oh, why's that then officer, has one of the Corgies bitten somebody again?"
PC: "No sir it's worse than that, we've got an intruder in the Palace!"
Chief: "Right, I see, is it anyone we know? Check with Special Branch and see if we've got any intel on this chap"
PC, interupting the Chief: "...sir , we know who it is, even my kids would know who it is sir, IT'S BATMAN!!"
Chief, with note of fury in his voice!: "Don't be so ridiculous man, I haven't got time for your practical jokes now, I'm about to go for a round of golf with the U.S. Ambassador and ...."
PC, interupting again, this time with note of whimpering hysteria: "...sir, sir, I'm not making it up, he's got the whole works, all the gear sir, hood, cape, spandex suit, evferything.....and he's making his way towards the palace buildings!! What should we do sir, TV crews are arriving and setting up cameras near the main gates sir...."
Chief, relieved, haveng had a sudden brilliant(?) revelation: "Pull yorself together man I think I know what's happening here! It must be part of a new movie they're making, we must have had word of it sometime ago and the Palace have given the OK. I'll check around but in the meantime you keep a low profile and don't go pestering them for autographs! Oh, just one more thing, if Robin shows up try and get me a picture - I always did like the look of him!"

And so it went on until it was obvious to everyone what was happening. (Meanwhile in the Sudan another 20,000 children died of starvation and disease)