PM's holiday snaps

Mr Brown has so little going for him that I hesitate to touch on the personal but I just wanted to ask: has there ever been a worse, more contrived political photo? The things you should know are:

Photographs with wives are supposed to give a normal, family sort of image. These two look like something from a horror movie.

When being photographed out of doors you are advised to point at something to introduce a little action to the picture. But look at Sarah Brown, who with bent elbow and extended finger seems to be pointing at something small, close at hand. An insect, perhaps.

Politicians are advised to do something with their hands so they don’t look like zombies. Brown is doing the ‘these are the crucial arguments’ pose but what is he talking about, on holiday in Southwold? Reciting the local statistics ‘twelve bus stops, forty-two percent of family pets are labradors..’ while his wife, bored to tears, says ‘I think that’s a bluebottle..’

And what are they wearing? Hard to find this stuff in a Welsh Oxfam shop.

Dear oh dear oh dear. If you can’t act, act natural.