Prime Minister Paula

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The keys to the country have been handed down the ranks – five places. On Thursday, Paula Bennett is Prime Minister.

She's taken up the reins because John Key is in , Bill English and Steven Joyce are across the ditch, and is in Paris – meaning the Minister is officially the acting Prime Minister.

“I am the acting Prime Minister for I think all of 24 hours. The boys are leaving it to me,” Ms Bennett told Newshub.

It's the first time a woman has been in power since Helen Clark.

So what does one do with such power? Change all the laws? Settle in for a bubble bath at Premier House? A parade perhaps?

“Well I was told that a parade was a step too far,” Ms Bennett said. “But I was slightly tempted.”

In unrelated news, signed a free trade agreement today with Botswana for tariff free leopard skins.

It's been a long time since the power has fallen to number five – when former Health Minister Tony Ryall had a bit of with it. Inside sources told Newshub he apparently loved it so much so he even had cards printed which read: Hon Tony Ryall, Former Acting Prime Minister.

Actually I think they said “Acting Prime Minister 6 am to 9 pm, Friday xxx xxxx 2013”

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