The Paras with Chesterfield MP Paul Holmes (far left), Gordon Brown and Bob Russell.
ARMY logistics experts bumped into the Prime Minister during a tour of Westminster with Colchester MP Bob Russell.
The soldiers of 13 Air Assault Support Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps were shown around the Houses of Parliament and taken to pose for a group photograph outside 10 Downing Street.
Mr Brown was just returning to his office as the soldiers gathered and posed for a picture with them.
Lib Dem Mr Russell was repaying hospitality given to him when he visited the troops in war-torn southern Afghanistan over the summer.
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