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Dear readers,

This is Gordon Brown.

Actually, this is Gordon Brown.

The reason this is interesting is because the top photo is cut and paste from a Government report released yesterday, and I think you’ll agree that Gordon Brown is looking remarkably thin and young with considerably less grey hair than we are used to seeing.

…which becomes more interesting when you realise that the Government report that the top picture is taken from is entitled ‘Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives‘ (no joke).

…which then becomes even more interesting when you compare the top photo with a photo on the GMB Union website in 2005:

…which becomes even more interesting when you compare the quality of the two images, as the very top picture from yesterday’s Government report looks rather grainy on closer inspection, which is what happens whenever you download a small picture from the Internet then try to zoom in (download the Government report and look at the original picture on page 5 if you don’t believe me)

…which becomes even more interesting when you compare the photo from the GMB website, apparently taken in 2005, to a photo from the IMF in 2005:

…which clearly demonstrates what Gordon Brown actually looked like in 2005.

Do you think Gordon is getting a bit self-conscious these days, or is he so obsessed with government spin that he’s actually now trying to spin himself?  Answers in the Comments, please.