Well, OK, not a stinking hippy per se – but Al Gore’s son Al Gore III has pleaded guilty to marijuana possession, plus he cares about the environment and stuff, so he’s only really a pair of sandals and a henna tattoo away from being a stinking hippy.

But the level of Al Gore III’s hippydom isn’t really the issue here – the issue is that Al Gore III has pleaded guilty to possession of drugs after he was caught driving at 100mph with all sorts of drugs in his car. A politician with a troublesome family member? This is just like an episode of Heroes, although we’re not sure that Heroes desperately needs a character whose special power involves constantly being stoned and having an unusually bottom-heavy face.