An ill attempt at humour as stand-ins battle over health

IT started so well.

Billy Hague, standing in for the absent summiteers Cameron and Clegg, and Hattie Harman, replacing Red Ed, began by blowing bubbles at each other over the warming subject of Aung San Suu Kyi.

The billiard ball Foreign Secretary praised the Burmese opposition leader as an "inspirational figure" while the big H hailed her courage and bravery.

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