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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Mark Tran

Curtain comes down on Blair-Bush double act

The Bush-Blair double act will come to an end tomorrow when the two leaders who stood shoulder-to-shoulder on Iraq hold their final joint press conference at the White House.

Keen to dispel notions that the prime minister is a lame duck, Downing Street said the full agenda over two days of talks will cover the Doha trade talks - now approaching "crunch point" yet again - Iraq, of course, and climate change.

Mr Blair would love to end his premiership on a high note by persuading Mr Bush to accept an ambitious plan that would involves setting up a network of carbon trading schemes to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

As the two men hold their swansong press conference, we would like to know from you what else they should talk about and what you think are some of their most memorable moments together.

For this correspondent, one particular highlight is their first ever joint presser at Camp David in February, 2001. Mr Blair wore achingly tight jeans and Mr Bush sported a leather aviator jacket as they strode towards the microphones. That was when Mr Bush said they both used Colgate toothpaste when asked what the two men had in common. No wonder someone put together a spoof video of the two to the song Endless Love.

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