From:
http://www.politicus.org.uk/news/dunne- ... ldrin_1333
The dashing fellow on the left is the Rt.Hon Philip Dunne, Minister of State for Missiles, Bombs and Death. The crooked git on the right is, of course, our old phony friend Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, the second man to fake walking on the moon.
Aldrin, 82 years young, purportedly jetted into London a few days ago, to advise Her Majesty's Government on "space security" and missile defence. Hmm..
This fauxto of Buzz and Buddy is a bit weird for a few reasons:
Astronought Aldrin is looking more spaced-out than ever. Eyes gazing blankly
through the camera and disconnected from his surroundings. Is this just early-stage Alzheimer's, or is Buzz really not there at all?
This one fauxto is the only tangible proof that the space-hopper ever bounced on to British soil. And yet it's not persuasive proof of anything.
Error Level Analysis is inconclusive, so let's take it at farce value.
What expertise does an octogenarian have in modern missile defence? Why should HMG want to consult Aldrin?! Why the sudden, unannounced visit? Why did Aldrin meet only one critter from the Government while here?
Why not a whistle-stop sightseeing tour of the whole gaff? A day at Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics ("to inspire British yoof") ? A press conference at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich? Or the Armagh Planetarium? Not your thang these days, Buzz? Not even a kiss-and-cuddle for the cameras with heavyweight hoaxster, Sir Patrick Moore? Nor a smooch with Astronomer Royal, Martin Rees? Hardly worth the jet lag, was it?
Given his astonishing (if disputed) achievements shouldn't Buzz have been granted an audience at Buck House? No less than a chin wag with commander-in-chief, Mrs E.R. Saxe-Glockenspiel-Battenburg? That's what Aldrin deserved, no? Yet poor old B-rate Buzz only got to pose for a single picture during the whole trip. And that was in the dullest fauxto shoot ever with just one slithery banker for company!