Bush gives UK PM The Thumb

Gordon Brown thrown by George Bush's hip-hop handshake

Mr Bush threw the Prime Minister off balance with his hip-hop-style handshake when the pair met during the outgoing President's farewell tour of Britain.

Instead of going in for a straight grip-and-pump, with the fingers slipping under the wrist,

Mr Bush gripped around Mr Brown's thumb,
to the obvious confusion of his partner in the War on Terror.