Inter-G8 relations (before the event)

So Dubya's not planning on doing Tony Blair any special favours (big surprise there) and Chirac's in Singapore for the announcement about the 2012 Olympics, to say nothing his supposed diplomatic faux pas - you can tell the silly season is upon us by the way it's been blown out of proportion by the media - of insulting British food.

Relations would appear to be on the tense side.