Peter Rhodes on Downing Street's gates, Blair's spin-doctor and British troops welcomed with open arms
That's right. Well within living memory it was perfectly possible to stroll into Downing Street, chat to the copper on duty at Number Ten and have your photo taken outside the famous black door. Understandably, the street had to be barred against the terror threat from the IRA and, later, from the suicide bombers. But is there any long-term plan to re-open the street to the citizens? Or have those days gone for ever?