Who is Gordon Brown?
Peter Hoskin 4:15pmOur Prime Minister's been compared to quite a few (real and fictional) characters of late. Lord Turnbull got the ball rolling with his "Stalin" jibe; Vince Cable observed Brown's transformation into Mr Bean; and the Spectator's own Fraser Nelson saw similarities with Del Boy. And now David Hughes spots the parallels with Inspector Clouseau.
So, CoffeeHousers, who does Brown remind you of? And why?
For me, his tendency to pick people up by the lapels recalls a certain James Bond bad-guy:
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Joe
February 28th, 2008 4:26pmSatan's mentally-challenged older brother
Austin Barry
February 28th, 2008 5:06pmThe Rocking Horse Loser.
Chuck Unsworth
February 28th, 2008 5:15pmMr Blobby - but without the sense of humour or intellect.
Faceless Bureaucrat
February 28th, 2008 5:20pmJabba The Hutt?....
William Norton
February 28th, 2008 5:51pmPeter: if the phone rings, that'll be Jaws' lawyers threatening to sue. Their client is a well-respected international criminal villain and accomplice to attempted global genocide (twice). To compare him to Gordon Brown is a grotesque slander calculated to lower his reputation in the minds of all decent people etc etc...
David Parker
February 28th, 2008 6:28pmMr Magoo! Too blind to see beyond the end of his nose.
Austin Barry
February 28th, 2008 6:28pmI think he may be Tony Hancock's love child: the same gloomy bulk and grumpy contra mundum.
Simon Chapman
February 28th, 2008 6:32pmIf Gordon Brown is a Rowan Atkinson character, we should think about how others might fit in to the picture. He may not be Blackadder, but his Chancellor sidekick is beginning to look like Baldrick.
Dave B
February 28th, 2008 6:37pmDavid Hughes suggests Prime Minister Clouseau.
salieri
February 28th, 2008 6:47pmOliver Cromwell - warts and... well, more warts
EyeSee
February 28th, 2008 6:57pmWhen Stan Laurel left, Oliver Hardy became Prime Minister.
Max Kaye
February 28th, 2008 8:22pmHe reminds me of the moody miserable kid that nobody liked and was frequently bullied - especially by his family. Eventually (after killing stray dogs and ducks he caught in the local pond) he grew up, bought a pump-action shotgun and set off to have his revenge.
Too far-fetched? OK, so he became PM and f***ed up the country instead.
TrevorH
February 28th, 2008 8:54pmAny 3 card trick artist you can put a name to.
LionA
February 28th, 2008 9:50pmI think he's got a rather nice brooding quality, like those Byronic characters with intense, troubled personalities. Grrr.
Frank
March 1st, 2008 9:28amWhen the Artful Dodger left he was replaced by Fagin.