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  The joint press conference with the two men yesterday was a very uncomfortable affair. I have a picture somewhere but not the one as Howard describes above...will upload it later. But having just met for half an hour everybody(the media) wanted them to say how much and how easily they had solved the worlds problems. Of course they hadnt.
  
  But there seemed little chemistry between the two men even down to the fact that they were sitting miles apart. One longs for Tony Blair in such circumstances as he certainly had the charisma to match anyone on the global stage and his forays into the US were hugely popular. Gordon is of the more dire doom and gloom presbyterian scot variety and is not blessed with buckets of charisma....nor is he heading a government on the crest of a wave. This all takes its toll on the global statesman.
  
  I am always amused by this talk of a special relationship. No matter where you live you assume your country has a special relationship with the US.

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