Unbelievable! Prime Minister Caught on Camera Playing Game During Debate in Parliament (Photos)

It was a shocking surprise for many as a popular Prime Minister was caught red-handed playing game online during a debate in her country's parliament.

 Prime Minister of Norway, Erna Solberg shaking hands with former British Prime Minister, David Cameron

 

The craze for games is taking a new dimension as world leaders have also caught the bug.

 

A Dailymail report has revealed that Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg was spotted playing Pokemon Go game during a debate in her country's Parliament.

 

The report further revealed that it is not the first time Ms Solberg, 55, has been spotted trying to 'catch them all', after telling reporters she was trying to 'hatch eggs' during an official trip to Slovakia.

 

Hatching eggs is one of the side features of the game, where players can obtain eggs at 'Pokestops' dotted around maps and then 'hatch' them by walking a certain distance - 2km, 5km or 10km.

 

A picture of the leader on Pokemon Go appeared in a Norwegian newspaper and she reacted with good grace, writing on Twitter that 'women can do two things at once'. 

 

Pokemon Go is an online game many have become addicted to in recent times

 

It comes weeks after another Norwegian politician was spotted playing the game on her mobile phone during a hearing on the country's military situation.

 

Trine Skei Grande, 46, leader of the Liberals (Venstre), in Norway, and was spotted by viewers playing the game when the meeting of the parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee was broadcast live.

 

Ms Grande was accused of caring more about the game than issues of national security, but during a break from the meeting, Ms Grande defended her actions saying she has a head that ‘listens better when she is doing brain dead’ activities.

 

And ironically, it was Ms Grande who was addressing Parliament when the Prime Minister was spotted making the same faux pas as she did in August. 

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David Cameron Quits As An MP + His Full Statement Of Resignation

David Cameron quit as MP for Witney this afternoon, announcing he would stand down with immediate effect.

The former Prime Minister made the shock announcement today just weeks after promising to stay in Parliament until 2020.

The Witney MP quit 10 Downing Street - which he also swore he wouldn't do - on June 24 after a humiliating finish on the losing side of the EU referendum.

At the time he vowed: "I will continue with my duties as the MP for Witney. It is an enormous privilege to serve the people of West Oxfordshire."

But today he warned it was "very difficult to sit as a backbencher and not be an enormous diversion and distraction from what the government's doing." The full text of his statement below...

"I spoke this morning to the chairman of the West Oxfordshire Conservative Association and I have just come from a meeting with my constituency agent and other members of staff.

"Having fully considered my position over the summer, I have decided that I am going to stand down as the Member of Parliament for Witney.

"There will now be a by-election and I will do everything that I can to help the Conservative candidate win that election.

"In my view, the circumstances of my resignation as prime minister and the realities of modern politics make it very difficult to continue on the backbenches without the risk of becoming a diversion to the important decisions that lie ahead for my successor in Downing Street and the Government.

"I fully support Theresa May and have every confidence that Britain will thrive under her strong leadership.

"It has been an honour to serve the people of Witney and West Oxfordshire for the last 15 years. I want to thank them for making the job of representing them such a pleasure and a privilege.

"I would like to thank the party workers, volunteers, councillors and supporters for all they have done to help me.

"Our house in Dean is the place Samantha, my children and I call home, and that will not change. I will continue to support the local causes and charities that mean so much to me and many others in this beautiful and enterprising part of our country.

"I now look forward to a life outside of Westminster, but hope to continue to play a part in public service and to make a real and useful contribution to the country I love."

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David Cameron Quits As An MP + His Full Statement Of Resignation

David Cameron quit as MP for Witney this afternoon, announcing he would stand down with immediate effect.

The former Prime Minister made the shock announcement today just weeks after promising to stay in Parliament until 2020.

The Witney MP quit 10 Downing Street - which he also swore he wouldn't do - on June 24 after a humiliating finish on the losing side of the EU referendum.

At the time he vowed: "I will continue with my duties as the MP for Witney. It is an enormous privilege to serve the people of West Oxfordshire."

But today he warned it was "very difficult to sit as a backbencher and not be an enormous diversion and distraction from what the government's doing." The full text of his statement below...

"I spoke this morning to the chairman of the West Oxfordshire Conservative Association and I have just come from a meeting with my constituency agent and other members of staff.

"Having fully considered my position over the summer, I have decided that I am going to stand down as the Member of Parliament for Witney.

"There will now be a by-election and I will do everything that I can to help the Conservative candidate win that election.

"In my view, the circumstances of my resignation as prime minister and the realities of modern politics make it very difficult to continue on the backbenches without the risk of becoming a diversion to the important decisions that lie ahead for my successor in Downing Street and the Government.

"I fully support Theresa May and have every confidence that Britain will thrive under her strong leadership.

"It has been an honour to serve the people of Witney and West Oxfordshire for the last 15 years. I want to thank them for making the job of representing them such a pleasure and a privilege.

"I would like to thank the party workers, volunteers, councillors and supporters for all they have done to help me.

"Our house in Dean is the place Samantha, my children and I call home, and that will not change. I will continue to support the local causes and charities that mean so much to me and many others in this beautiful and enterprising part of our country.

"I now look forward to a life outside of Westminster, but hope to continue to play a part in public service and to make a real and useful contribution to the country I love."

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