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Obama to Clegg: “It’s good to see the better looking half of the coalition”

By | Thu 20th June 2013 - 1:25 pm

Clegg ObamaNot content with insulting the chancellor by calling him Jeffrey on three occasions at the G8 summit, President Obama also dealt a blow to the prime minister’s vanity, via his deputy. The Sun’s Tom Newton Dunn reports:

In a second diplomatic gaffe on the same day, Mr Obama said Nick Clegg was more attractive than David Cameron. He told the Deputy PM: “It’s good to see the better looking half of the Coalition.”

Ouch.

* Nick Thornsby is a day editor at Lib Dem Voice.

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7 Comments

  • Lucas Amos 20th Jun '13 - 1:44pm

    He is right though 😉

  • Jack 20th Jun '13 - 1:52pm

    I love the way The Sun reports it as a “diplomatic gaffe”

  • snagglepus 20th Jun '13 - 9:18pm

    It must be LURVE! 🙂

    Mr Clegg has a better-looking wife, too! 😉

    (of course what Barak is really drawing attention to in a roundabout way is that he himself and his missus are better-looking than any of them, especially Putin, even with his latest mistress.

  • David White 21st Jun '13 - 12:20pm

    A ‘diplomatic gaffe’? No, just the truth – not that being better looking than slimy toad ‘Call me Dave’ would be hard to achieve!

  • peter kemp 21st Jun '13 - 2:57pm

    A correction from Mr Obamas office …. meant to say “better half of the coalitions POLICIES” 🙂 🙂

  • Simon Banks 22nd Jun '13 - 9:41am

    Presumably Peter’s correction was dictated by Michelle.

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