Gordon Brown faced embarrassment on his tour of Afghanistan yesterday, when the country's president joked about his leadership troubles. On a whistle-stop tour to meet British troops, the Prime Minister held talks with Hamid Karzai, in the capital Kabul. Although Mr Brown praised troops as 'true heroes' and pledged £120million more in aid, journalists repeatedly asked whether his position was under threat from... [read full story]
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