Battle of the junior leaders, as student photos of David Cameron and Ed Miliband are unearthed

It's the clash of the bowl cut with the tousled mullet this week, as new pictures of Ed Miliband and David Cameron as students have emerged.

Here's the PM, centre-stage among his Bullingdon buddies, with the indulgent smile of a man who's hidden a swan down his trousers.

New Bullingdon pic of @David_Cameron unearthed day b4 election by @jackmyers94@jimwatersonhttp://t.co/1pCk080FTBpic.twitter.com/5PHLbu5WX4

— Tom Rutland (@tomrutland) May 6, 2015

And here's little Ed ("Ted") Miliband, leading a strike against college rent rises the only way he knows how: by looking awkwardly down a television camera, of course.

The internet reacts ! Ed "Ted" Miliband as a fresh faced student in ITV Meridian exclusive http://t.co/hGKj5lVhhypic.twitter.com/qfsYuHZHq7

— ITV News Meridian (@itvmeridian) May 6, 2015