Ed Miliband or Bert from Sesame Street? Voters mix-up politicians in hilarious poll
JUST a week after Chancellor George Osborne was mistaken for a black soul singer it has emerged he is not the only British politician suffering from a serious case of mistaken identity.
A new poll has found a large number of people have trouble identifying some of Britain's most prominent politicians.
Boris Johnson is more recognisable than the Chancellor, Health Secretary and Defence Secretary put together, the revealing opinion poll has found.
The Mayor of London is the second most well known politician in Britain, just three points behind Prime Minister David Cameron, the man he is said to be "desperate" to replace, who was identified by 94 per cent of voters.
But while the two men were easily picked out by most adults, research by former Tory donor Lord Ashcroft found that voters often confused many senior political figures with other public faces, sometimes with intriguing results.
Alarge number of people have trouble identifying some of Britain's most prominent politicians
Foreign Secretary William Hague was correctly identified by 64 per cent of voters who were shown his picture, but was also mistaken for television tough guy Ross Kemp.
Nearly three quarters of the public knew who Nick Clegg was but the Deputy Prime Minister was also often taken for Chancellor George Osborne, who in turn was regularly mistaken for Labour leader Ed Miliband and, perhaps more surprisingly, was also identified as Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks.
Home Secretary Theresa May was most often confused with Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman though voters also mixed her up with television comedian Sarah Millican.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond was the least recognisable politician from the group shown to voters with just one in 10 able to correctly name him.
Some believed he was WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is wanted for questioning in Sweden over sex allegations by two women but fears being extradited to the United States so is camped out in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.
Mr Hammond was also confused with Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who was named by some as former Olympics boss Lord Coe as well as cartoon character Bob the Builder.