That Afghan feeling

It seems that even whilst visiting the troops in Afghanistan,Gordon Brown cannot escape from his woes at home.

Rosa Prince relates an incident whilst talking with the Afghan President Hamid Karzi

As Brown dodged yet another question about Miliband with his stock response - "I'm getting on with the job." - Mr Karzai clearly decided the PM needed a little help.
"Cabinet ministers plotting is nothing new," he declared airily. "We have it in Afghanistan."
There was a squawk from an appalled-looking Afghan politician sitting beside the platform, and the president hastily added to laughter: "Not my foreign minister, though."