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 4:26pm Report this commentSatan's mentally-challenged older brother
Austin Barry
February 28th, 2008 5:06pm Report this commentThe Rocking Horse Loser.
Chuck Unsworth
February 28th, 2008 5:15pm Report this commentMr Blobby - but without the sense of humour or intellect.
Faceless Bureaucrat
February 28th, 2008 5:20pm Report this commentJabba The Hutt?....
William Norton
February 28th, 2008 5:51pm Report this commentPeter: 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 6:28pm Report this commentMr Magoo! Too blind to see beyond the end of his nose.
Austin Barry
February 28th, 2008 6:28pm Report this commentI think he may be Tony Hancock's love child: the same gloomy bulk and grumpy contra mundum.
Simon Chapman
February 28th, 2008 6:32pm Report this commentIf 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 6:37pm Report this commentDavid Hughes suggests Prime Minister Clouseau.
salieri
February 28th, 2008 6:47pm Report this commentOliver Cromwell - warts and... well, more warts
EyeSee
February 28th, 2008 6:57pm Report this commentWhen Stan Laurel left, Oliver Hardy became Prime Minister.
Max Kaye
February 28th, 2008 8:22pm Report this commentHe 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 8:54pm Report this commentAny 3 card trick artist you can put a name to.
LionA
February 28th, 2008 9:50pm Report this commentI think he's got a rather nice brooding quality, like those Byronic characters with intense, troubled personalities. Grrr.
Frank
March 1st, 2008 9:28am Report this commentWhen the Artful Dodger left he was replaced by Fagin.
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