Gordon Brown... Superman?!?

So, if the leaders of the two main parties were to be superheros, which ones would they be?

Harriet Harman has a suggestion:

Commons leader Harriet Harman responded to Tory MPs in the Commons she would "rather have Superman as our leader than their leader who is The Joker".

Gordon Brown as Superman... well, no, to be honest with you. The Moai and I discussed this at length in the pub last night, and decided that if Gordon Brown was going to be a superhero, then it would have be Batman. Think about it - they are both dark, brooding, angry, dysfunctional, anti-social people who throw around large amounts of money and, on occasion, come across as borderline psychotic.

And as for Cameron being the Joker... the Joker is a charismatic, unpredictable madman who acts as a true nemesis to Batman. The dull, predictable Cameron is probably not going to be the Joker because - alas - he is proving himself to be anything other than a nemesis for Gordon's Batman. If he was going to be a superhero, then The Moai reckoned he would be Iron Man - a feckless, indolent millionaire put in a position of power by his piles of cash. Whereas I would say Cameron is more like the Penguin; portly, posh and a little ridiculous.

As an aside, I would say this sort of debate is perfect for the pub. Whether or not our politicians should be debating this sort of thing in the Commons is open to question; what with the economy disappearing down the shitter and with our troops dying abroad, I'd argue that there are more pressing concerns in front of the Commons. But then again, I hold the political class in so low esteem that comparing themselves to superheros is just as good as them trying to legislate...

UPDATE:

The Moai has some more suggestions: "Peter Mandelson – Two-Face? The Green Goblin? Someone utterly amoral, definitely." And we're agreed that Clegg would be Superman - reasonably good looking, conventional, utterly, utterly dull and a bit of a boy scout. And "Miliband is geeky, annoying, vacuous and worryingly close to Brown. So he’s Robin."