Ahhhhhh fiddling while RBS burns…

Is anyone tired of hearing about the Queen’s iPod? Yeah, same here. Much like celebs on the red carpet, guests at the summit get gift bags as well, FTAlphaville found. The contents:

After tomorrow’s dinner, Gordon Brown will present goodie bags that will showcase “British creativity”. They will include a tie designed by one of three British tailors (Ozwald Boateng, Timothy Everest and Richard James), a tea towel from Ulster-based linen producer Thomas Ferguson Irish Linen, Kelly Hoppen candles, and Rococo chocolates. What about those world leaders who don’t wear ties – German chancellor Angela Merkel, say, or Nehru-jacket-sporting Indian premier Manmohan Singh? Will they get an alternative gift? “I don’t know,” sighs a long-suffering No 10 spokesman. “I’ll get someone to call you back with that information.”

We’re hoping that a picture  comes out of Angela Merkel after a couple drinks, donning the tie and perhaps a lampshade.