Harriet Harman took charge of the country today, although it was hard to tell.
Labour's deputy leader, pictured, was dispatched to Hull for her first day in command during Gordon Brown's supposed summer holiday.
But while she was holding a regional consultation with voters about the Building Britain's Future document, a besuited Prime Minister popped up from his Scottish retreat to make a statement about the war in Afghanistan.
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Tell Mr Brown not to bother, nobody's listening!!
- Bruce Hastings, France Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, 27/07/2009 16:37
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just like pressa, soon enough she'll be shown taking tea
on the lawn at number ten, whilst knitting like the harpies at the guillotine, or playing tiddlywinks, or some such, when she was supposed to be keeping hms team uk on a straight and narrow course to avoid the ragged rocks of disaster.
- M.O'Brien, london.uk, 27/07/2009 16:31
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