Found this on the BBC news website's '10 things we didn't know before last week' page:

7. The White House asked if President Bush could address the European Parliament, Baroness Williams revealed on BBC One's This Week show on Thursday. But, she said, Euro-MPs were told there was a condition attached to him making the speech: a standing ovation should be guaranteed. The speech has never taken place.

What fucking muppet insisted that the US President had to have a standing ovation? How brown-tongued is that? If Bush came over to the European Parliament and gave a speech worthy of a standing ovation, he'd get one. If he came over expecting a standing ovation, he should have been punched in the face instead.

(Wow, I'm just visualising that. Hundreds of Euro-MPs queuing up by the podium with the Presidential Seal on the front, Bush standing behind it all mushed up. Hee hee hee hee...)