Political animals: After Boris’s lookalike alpaca, the other beastly double acts

By
Claire Cisotti

18:53 EST, 9 May 2012

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18:54 EST, 9 May 2012

They say we all have a doppelganger, but who’d have thought so many of our politicians would find theirs in the animal kingdom?

Last week, newly  re-elected London mayor Boris Johnson was compared to a scruffy-haired alpaca with a goofy grin. Here, some of the biggest names in politics are paired with their wild lookalikes . . .

Showing strain: With the Coalition coming under increasing pressure in recent months, the Prime Minister is beginning to resemble a grumpy dog

Showing strain: With the Coalition coming under increasing pressure in recent months, the Prime Minister is beginning to resemble a grumpy dog

Hawkish: Home Secretary Theresa May, who sometimes gets in a flap, closely resembles this startled hawk

Hawkish: Home Secretary Theresa May, who sometimes gets in a flap, closely resembles this startled hawk

Mr Toad: Jowly Communities Secretary Eric Pickles looks not unlike this bullfrog

Mr Toad: Jowly Communities Secretary Eric Pickles looks not unlike this bullfrog

Going ape: Re-elected Russian president Vladimir Putin is a vote-swinger

Going ape: Re-elected Russian president Vladimir Putin is a vote-swinger

The mane man: With his toothy grin, former prime minister Tony Blair closely resembles this donkey

The mane man: With his toothy grin, former prime minister Tony Blair closely resembles this donkey

Head in the sand: Margaret Beckett behaved like an ostrich over her expenses

Head in the sand: Margaret Beckett behaved like an ostrich over her expenses

Clarke-a-doodle-doo: With his hair in a spike, Ken Clarke looks similar to this cockerel

Clarke-a-doodle-doo: With his hair in a spike, Ken Clarke looks similar to this cockerel

Forked tongue: Peter Mandelson is prone to hissy fits

Forked tongue: Peter Mandelson is prone to hissy fits

Hippo-crite?: John Prescott and a hippopotamus

Hippo-crite?: John Prescott and a hippopotamus

Otterly uncanny: George Osborne loves banks as well

Otterly uncanny: George Osborne loves banks as well

Tortoise and the hairless: Foreign Secretary William Hague sticks his neck out

Tortoise and the hairless: Foreign Secretary William Hague sticks his neck out

Looky-lickies: Former PM Gordon Brown resembles a bulldog

Looky-lickies: Former PM Gordon Brown resembles a bulldog

Goofy: This is how the newly re-elected London mayor Boris Johnson was compared to a alpaca last week

Goofy: This is how the newly re-elected London mayor Boris Johnson was compared to a alpaca last week


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