When Gordon met Gaddafi...

I laugh every time I see an image of Gordon Brown - who often looks as though he is going to catch and kill a fly - though not as impressively as Barack Obama. Then there is Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi, who looks more like a cartoon caricature every day.

Imagine, then, the sight of these two in one photo taken at the G8 summit in Italy....

A true meeting of minds. Tweedledum and Tweedledumber...

You've just got to love Gaddafi's oversized "Africa" brooch and the stick on medal ribbons... I want one of those! Though I am not so keen on what looks like a chiffon dressing gown last seen being worn by one of his harem in Tripoli.

At least Gaddafi is true to his Bedouin principles, though: rather than stay in some opulent hotel he has decided to ship over a tent...