Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte set a new record for time in the saddle on Tuesday, becoming the Netherlands' longest-serving leader with 4,311 days in power. Rutte, who is famed for riding his trusty bike to work, surpassed the previous mark set by Ruud Lubbers who was prime minister from 1982 to 1994. The leader of the centre-right VVD party - dubbed "Teflon Mark" because of the number of scandals that have failed to stick to him - took office in October 2010. "I feel like I'm nearly halfway through," Rutte, 55, joked during a press conference last month when he was asked about the 11-year-and-nine-month milestone. "It's the best job in the world." The lanky leader was keeping a low profile on Tuesday as he passed Lubbers' previous record, making no official comment. Rutte is also the second longest-serving European Union leader behind Hungary's Viktor Orban - with whom he has repeatedly clashed on social and economic issues. Last month Rutte said he was still motivated to carry on, adding that "the number of puzzles now on the desk is quite large", including inflation and the war in Ukraine. But an opinion poll carried out for the Dutch public broadcaster recently said that...