Pressing matters he will oversee include the crises in Libya and the Ivory Coast, and the Portuguese bailout. Earlier this year, Mr Clegg admitted “forgetting” he was meant to be running the country while the Prime Minister visited the Middle East.
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Mr Cameron dismissed the comment as a “throwaway line”. But he added pointedly: “In the age of the BlackBerry, the telephone, the internet, just because I leave the country doesn’t mean I am not in charge.”