"BARACK Obama will stage a lavish reception for ex-IRA chief Martin McGuinness - days after snubbing Gordon Brown.
The US president will hold two hours of talks with the former terror boss - more than FOUR TIMES the time he granted the PM.
The News of the World can reveal the astonishing snub has infuriated Downing Street and the British Embassy in Washington.
McGuinness, now Deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland, flies to America tomorrow (MONDAY) with First Minister Peter Robinson on a ten day tour.
And the pair will enjoy two hours of talks with the US president and a luxurious gala reception on St Patrick's Day, in nine days’ time.
Mr Brown was forced to use a side entrance at the White House and spent just 30 minutes in private talks with the new US President.
Mr McGuinness will walk in through the front door and be given the full State Visit treatment, and will party into the small hours at a special Irish-themed party.
In contrast, a joint press conference with President Obama and the Prime Minister was cancelled by President Obama’s team and the pair had a brief working lunch.
But McGuinness and Robinson will be given a grand reception and will be guests of honour at the star-studded party."
You see whilst Gordon Brown can only offer a knighthood to the old-Irish terrorist supporter Edward Kennedy, Martin McGuinness is the real deal. Anyway it must be so much more exciting for Barack Obama to meet a real ex-terrorist than a fat incompetent failure of a Prime Minister.
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