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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Tom Clark

Brown in the US and Harman in the Commons

On Politics Weekly this week, we asses the prime minister's big speech in Congress. Jonathan Freedland thinks we saw Brown unbound.

While the boss way away, his deputy leader got to play. Harriet Harman took prime minister's question time this week. Simon Hoggart wasn't impressed, but Jackie Ashley thinks Westminster is sexist because any time a female politician rises to the top there is an outpouring of "bile".

And as the chorus goes up for the government to say sorry for the financial disaster, we discuss political apologies. Allegra Stratton wonders how many times you can say sorry.

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