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The Jim Murphy Fan Club

Posted on June 19, 2014 by

Labour MP and nuclear weapon enthusiast Jim Murphy is out and about this week, flitting bat-like across Scotland as part of his “100 Corners” tour where he stands on a box and tells wide-eyed Ordinary Members Of The Public ™ about the splendour of the union. Some of Jim’s pals have been proudly tweeting shots of the packed crowds.

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But our eagle-eyed viewers couldn’t help spotting something.

There was no mention in the tweets of where the shots above were taken, although the bottom one would logically seem to be somewhere in the Stirling area. But a sizeable proportion of the modest gathering in the second one appears to have also been present at the first.

The blonde woman with the strappy, stripy top (1) is pretty much beyond dispute, as is the dark-haired young chap in the candy-checked shirt (2). We’d put a fair bit of money that the older gent in sunglasses and a blue striped shirt (3) is the same in both – in the bottom shot he’s Labour MSP Richard Simpson, standing next to Labour MP Anne McGuire – and a super-alert reader also noticed the distinctive low-slung pink and black rucksack on the wee chap at (4) poking out from behind a bloke in a suit.

[EDIT 4.54pm: And what also looks like two instances of the young man with short dark hair, shades, a grey t-shirt and brown trousers at (5), although he’s almost out of shot in the second pic and we again can’t be certain.]

Of course, that one could just be a coincidence. Perhaps they all are. Or maybe Jim Murphy just has a gaggle of dedicated groupies following him around Scotland for reasons entirely unconnected to the independence referendum.

What we’re definitely sure of is that they’re NOT the same few Labour activists being shipped around to pad out photos and create a false impression of grassroots support, because that’s the sort of thing Scottish Labour would simply never do.

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Gavin

Well spotted! (although I think no 3 may be two different people?).

Peter Macbeastie

Not sure about three, might be the same guy, might not be.

But I don’t doubt four. There is no way two men in Scotland would have a rucksack with pink bits on it. 😉

Luigi

I love all those bubble heids. Where’s Wally?

Hillarious.

Luigi

They might at least have changed their shirts!

Ian Brotherhood

Fantastic.

And they can’t even muster a full bus-load?

desimond

Nr 3 doubtful, although same hair look in person far right in 2nd shot.

I thought Nr 4 was a girl judging by that candy striped golf visor!

Tomorrows headline will be “Cybernat highlights faces shocker”

Ian Brotherhood

Reminds me of the children’s comics, the ones for wee tots, where there’s a scene containing twelve screwdrivers or hats or whatever and you have to find them.

chalks

There isn’t seats on the bus though, it’s padded cells.

GrahamM

found another! (whats my prize??) Uber cool guy in shades on extreme left of second picture stands proudly nearest wall, left hand side of first picture.

scottish_skier

Guy with dark hair, sunglasses, greyish/bluish t-shirt, light brown / khaki trousers right next to the wall at left of top photo and possibly holding is hand up to his face just at the very left / partially off shot in the second photo.

desimond

be nice….The Scottish Gene pool is very small and of course Primark is very popular!

john king

Im sure your right Peter but why don’t we ask our resident style guru, Paula?

john king

Wheres Wally? 🙂

ronnie cowan

The guy smack in the middle of the 2nd of 3 (with jacket on) is the same guy over sarwars right shoulder in the 3rd picture (but he has cunningly taken his jacket off). Good game.

tommy kane

re no. 3 its the guy next to the left of where the number has been placed I think

desimond

The guy sitting down isnae the same guy with his back to us standing up is he?

BTW…Murphy is standing on a ginger bottle crate….this man has been on plenty of Arms Deal Hospitality gigs, he must be affronted!

eezy

Astroturfing to perfection.

eezy

Nothing wrong with a family day out though….
Nice day for it.

heedtracker

Clothes dummies on trolleys Home Alone style worked with string, has more cred than this farce. Looks like someone has fainted with the tedium in the left side of the first one. Murphy’s £100+ billion “nuclear bombs give you world stage clout” bullshit does that to normal unpolished people.

muttley79

This political machine is the one that the MSM is fighting tooth and nail to support and preserve. The Lib Dems and Tories no longer have much of an organisation left in Scotland. Propping up SLAB has become the name of the game, even Poor Old Cochers is doing it, and he is almost as right wing as you can get. No wonder growing numbers of SLAB voters and figures are supporting the Yes campaign.

Holebender

The guy standing on the crate, speaking to the ‘crowd’, looks like the same guy in both pictures. 😉

Jim Marshall

Perhaps they all Friends of Israel as well as Murphy.

Morag

In my opinion 3 in the upper picture is the guy immediately to the right of Murphy in the lower shot. Bear in mind the different lighting conditions.

Similarly, 3 in the lower shot is the chap to the left of the guy marked 3 in the upper shot.

Liquid Lenny

How will these proud Scots be able to sleep at night if there is a no vote. It beggars belief.

Oneironaut

I wonder why they shell out for the bus? Could probably fit that lot in the back of a second-hand Transit van…

Maybe he can claim more expenses for the bus though…

DocFin

Spot the Bawheid.

Richy Duncan

Brilliant Stu,

Saw one last week and had a wee chuckle this one caught me out. Spat my tea everywhere …… again.

Was out watching the Baton relay for the games and watched with admiration a few local folk handing out bags with YES badges and stickers and the amount of people wanting them surprised me. i live in a strong labour area but almost everyone wanted a badge etc.

i knew there were plenty of us out there but to see it for real is incredibly uplifting. hundreds of them .

Hope to catch Murphy’s road show myself . I have a few comments to throw him that can’t be put here as they are bad…

Desperate bunch o’ chancers……. no bloody thanks

Davy

Busted, Busted, Busted, oh dear Jim Murphy has been playing silly buggers with his crowd control, is it his popularity or just his aftershave.

Perhaps himself and Anas Sarwar could get together with their buses and swab crowds, I wonder who gets first pick ?

I mean the crowd not Murphy or Sarwar, I’m not that inhuman.

Morag

It’s possible that the outstretched legs that can be seen in the upper photo belong to the guy sitting in the wheelchair in the lower photo, but there isn’t enough in either shot to be sure.

mogabee

Are they giving away free irn bru?

Love the way the “grass roots” are spreading the message!

muttley79

Jim Murphy is happy with the retention of nuclear weapons next to Scotland’s largest, while many people suffer from austerity spending cuts in the UK. How shameless can you get?

desimond

The boy holding the No sign with Anas appears in all 3 pictures( wearing a red jacket in 2/3), are they sleeping on this tour bus?

muttley79

city.

heedtracker

link to cheapestfancydress.co.uk

They’ll all be wearing disguises now their cunning stunt’s been exposed.

Murray McCallum

Entire Scottish Labour paying membership on that bus!

Tom Platt

I wasn’t at the Barrhead Gala Day myself but talking to two of the “Yes” people manning the “Yes” stall there confirms that Murphy was nearly on his tod for much of the time that he was there.

He has given himself a load of future trouble in the constituency. If he is re-elected as MP in May 2015 without taking the “Yes” pledge, then I’m a monkey’s uncle. I’ll not forgive him for trying to make “cybernat” a dirty word, the silly little man. If he read the actual cybernat site more often:-
link to cybernats.com
he might discover a little more about defence and other matters that he speaks in Westminster about.

Tom

desimond

If you walk down any high street you will hear some guy shouting out about the Second Coming or the wonder of religion. His fantastical claims are just as viable as anything jim Murphy was touting Im sure.

As for Anas on Tour, i hope the young Pakistan Entrepreneur community werent missing him too much.

BTW…Murphy, Anas, least their out there, JoLA, less visible than a pair of sheer knickers

G H Graham

There’s at least two more in each picture who are the same person. And if we could have seen everyone, I’d wager there are a few more on top of that.

In summary then, Jim Murphy is bussing around the same people to different places to give the impression that at least a dozen members of the public are interested in listening to what he has to say.

Well, that’s surely a flat out lie. I cannot possibly imagine who, except from his missus and perhaps his kids & the guy who approves his expense cheques, could be remotely interested in a die hard member of the Labour party making the case for spending >100 billion quid on a new nuclear weapon system.

Gillie

This must be the cheapest option Jim Murphy could afford from Rent-A-Crowd.

A van would have been more appropriate means of transport.

It does highlight a truth – Better Together is not a grass roots campaign.

NODROG

Well at least his constituents will know where he is. I do not see Westminster in any of the photos.

donald anderson

Jim Murphy as a student President leader destroyed the Scottish Union of Students, on the grounds that the English National Union of Students was more left wing. We still have a separate education system and no student fees or grants cuts, etc. a nasty little anti Scottish group, now defunct and its old leaders are lecturers producing videos and articles for the English media attacking socialists, peaceniks and nationalists. He was also in the Irish Freedom Movement, another suspect nasty wee group. A short course in America and he came back an openly Right Wing Labour careerist.

To me he sounds like an advert for a funeral parlour.

David

Number 3 isn’t the same guy. But… in top pic the guy with the brown trousers and sunglasses to the left of number 3 is at the extreme left in the bottom pic (only half shown). Pal of women number 1 with her head in the read no sign in the top pic is standing to number 1s right in the bottom pic (in front of the guy in black).

Walking on Sunshine

I must admit I find Murphy smug, condescending and totally insincere.

The type of person I would sprint across the road to avoid.

As far as I’m aware he’s never had a real job in his life.

And he’s careering around the country pontificating to everybody else.

A thoroughly dislikable individual to the nth degree.

Sinky

On Jim Murphy
MR JIM MURPHY AND THE NATIONAL UNION OF STUDENTS

Session: 1995-96
Date tabled: 12.06.1996
Primary sponsor: Livingstone, Ken
Sponsors:

That this House condemns the intolerant and dictatorial behaviour of the President of the National Union of Students, Mr Jim Murphy, who has unconstitutionally suspended NUS Vice President, Clive Lewis, because he took part, in a personal capacity, in an open debate at Queen Mary and Westfield College on the issues raised by the Campaign for Free Education; further notes that along with President Elect, Douglas Trainer, both men have warned NUS Executive member, Rose Woods, that if she attends the Scottish launch of the Campaign for Free Education she too will be suspended from the NUS Executive; reminds Mr Murphy and Mr Trainer that freedom of speech is a right in the United Kingdom, that they have no power to overturn the results of elections that went against their preferred candidates and that, whilst these methods are a common practice in dictatorships around the world, they are not acceptable behaviour from someone such as Mr Murphy who is putting himself forward as suitable for election to the House of Commons.

http://www.parliament.uk/…/991

And o/t One again Derek Bateman tells it how it is in the BBC over Kezia Dugdalegate

link to derekbateman.co.uk

donald anderson

In Revolutionary boy student days he condemned Tommy Sheridan as a reformist.

His Labour Party is neither; socialist, reformist, or even liberal. It is just an election machine providing a gravy train for skinny skum.

Gillie

This is a classic case of astro-turfing.

Gary

Ahh, the ‘Dark Arts’. This, there regular hate column in The Telegraph, BBC on tap, Messrs McTernan and Crosby poll fiddling and smearing fecal matter over the campaign via Alistair Darling et al and assorted fears and smears via an assortment of HMG’s pet journalists and GCHQs pet trolls (now claiming that their actions are legal because its happening out with the UK). Will the public notice?

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Brotyboy

Looks like someone has fainted with the tedium in the left side of the first one

ROFLMFAO

steve stewart

Sorry if it has already been mentioned but is that not a castley looking thing in the top right hand corner of the first pic?

niall

That’s Raploch and Braehead, Stirling.

Brotyboy

fainted with the tedium

Sorry, but this one needs repeating as I am still pissing myself.

Susan

The women with the short died blond hair standing in front of the man with black jacket nearest to us is the same women in the second picture in front of the man in black t-shirt who is holding a bottle of juice. The hair is the same, what are the chances of 2 women having exactly the same hair in 2 of Jim’s talks?

Thepnr

If there is such a creature as a Labour activist in existence then they ought to be ashamed of themselves. Join LFI before your potential goes up in smoke.

As for Mr Murphy, get the greasy silver spoon oot o yer mooth as it’s disgusting.

Geoff Huijer

I’m really not a fan of Jim Murphy.*

* Does that make me a virus, Death Eating, Cybernat?

Nobby Power

Thankfully it’s the same Jim Murphy every time, which means there’s only one of him.

Or is it? The plot thickens…

Jamie Arriere

There’s a woman with a blonde streak in her hair standing to the left of No.1 in top pic and to her right in bottom pic obscured by the big guy in black – the two women are obviously together.

This is like ‘Spot the Naw’ – spot the nawheids?

Sinky

O/T and apologies if posted before

Angus Roxburgh in New Statesman on lack of Scottish Six

link to newstatesman.com

Red Squirrel

Looks like nobodies buying – how disheartening it must be to have to bring your own audience.

Oneironaut

@Gillie
“This is a classic case of astro-turfing.”

It doesn’t even qualify as astro-turf. More like that cheap plastic grass they use in the butcher’s window display!

Edward

niall
I’m impressed, you can see Raploch on street view
but cant find the second one in Braehead

niall

Drove past the Raploch one earlier. Around 15-20 folk there I would guess.

Satnav Sid

The bottom photo is outside the Post Office in Springfield Road, Braehead, Stirling and the building on the left is the North Parish church.

Edward

niall
Found Braehead 🙂
Like this game..lol

Barry Caldwell

Yip, second pic is def Braehead in Stirling, Springfield Road to be exact just next to North Parish Church.

Conan_the_Librarian

Jesus, just spent twenty minutes of my life peering at NaySayers…

Spotted two sun hats the same though 🙂

Edward

All of 2.2 miles between the two locations, man that’s travelling 🙂

Tumshie Howker

There is at least 2. One on show while the other is getting its batteries recharged and software updated.

Jamie Arriere

Might have made the day a bit more fun if they’d all swapped clothes on the bus.

steve stewart

Jamie Arriere

The stripy lady and her pal are in both. It’s quite obviously the same hair on stripy lady’s friend.

Dave Greenhill

It’s all staged. The numbered faces travel round the area with him, activists are contacted and encouraged to turn up. There will always be the odd member of the public who happens to be passing or just nosey as to what’s going on. It’s a stunt for media purposes, nothing more.

Reminds me of those ‘Find The Lady’ card sharks I encountered up Brick Lane in London. Everyone in the crowd was part of the deception and the poor unsuspecting victim wanders in to see various folk win. As soon as they play they lose their lot. Lol.

Brotyboy

@Jim Marshall, Muttley79, Donald Anderson and Sinky

Putting all your info together, the picture which is painted is of a deeply manipulative and deceitful individual who has used organisational structures all his life to achieve status and wealth.

The two political positions I most despise are Imperialism/Unionism and Zionism and I look forward to a time when an Independent Scotland is represented at the United Nations and puts its wholehearted support behind the right to self determination of the Palestinian people.

Ian Brotherhood

A reminder of the kind of people we’re up against, by G.A. Ponsonby, in NNS:

link to newsnetscotland.com

Jamie Arriere

Thanks Steve, looks like blonde-streak lady is number 6!

Thepnr

Your choice.

Yes v No
Lies v Truth
Rich v Poor
Holyrood v Westmister
Democracy v Dictatorship
Expansion v Austerity

An opportunity to rid us of the parasite, the greedy and the troughers.

You Choose with an X in the box?

Jim Marshall

Brotyboy 5.24

Murphy is clever though. He increased his majority in Eastwood at the last general election. Eastwood formerly the second safest Tory seat in Scotland. This proves how far right he is.

Andy-B

I wonder if they’re actors paid to pad out the photo’s or maybe BT have scoured the phone book for rent a crowd, this types of crowd massing happens regularly in the USA, either way it definitely has the look of a false flag type gathering.

Fraser

It would appear that politics have changed forever we the public view them now with great contempt. We do not need to put up with their false promises and lies

Voting yes is our best policy.

Jon D

The man with the just visible black socks next to the woman with the 2 week old perm, by the lamppost, with the sticker on top of the silver paint, recently pee’d on by the wee black dug now in the arms of the young lad with the hoodie who’s uncle used to own the shop in the second picture, in 1976, is just like the old boy that I used to know who said Jim Murphy used to live next door to him and attended this event the other day, or would have done if it hadn’t been so sunny because he was out of Calamine lotion

Jeez.

Michael Kane

Both photos look like they were taken in Stirling. The first looks to be on Drip Road outside the Raploch Community Campus and the second is on Springfield Road outside the post office and North Parish church.

Mike

Further investigation may find some of these people to be blood relations to party members possibly to MSPs themselves. Its worth checking.

Stoops

As long as they only have one vote each…

Mike

Anas Sarwar is claiming a grand total of 150 people travelling around on the Red bus but his photos show a max of about a dozen at any given time. Photos inside the bus show it to be mostly empty.
The man takes bare faced lying to whole new levels.

Capella

Murphy’s Wikipedia entry is not entirely complimentary:
“In 2011, The Daily Telegraph published documents,[23] compiled by a senior US official at the US Embassy in London and published by WikiLeaks, it was revealed that throughout 2009, Jim Murphy was in charge of organising a coalition of Unionist parties whose aim was to “block an independence referendum” in Scotland. The documents state:[24] Throughout 2009, UK Secretary of State for Scotland Jim Murphy played a leadership role in organizing the opposition parties, hoping to move Scotland toward implementation of the Calman recommendations as an alternative to an independence referendum, according to Murphy’s advisors, Labour party insiders, and opposition party leaders. First Minister Salmond’s response to independence critics (such as Murphy) has been to accelerate the implementation of the Calman recommendations as soon as possible – “to call the bluff.”

Haggis Hunter

Let me guess, they are all ordinary housewives, husbands and grandparents? Please don’t mention that they are Skelotors parents in law and siblings, that would be abusive.

Findlay Farquaharson

the thin guy standing on the crate who looks like jim murphy is in both pics too.

BuckieBraes

If this wasn’t so serious, it would be funny.

Well no: it’s funny anyway, but also rather sad. There’s Jim with his ‘NX THANKS’ devotees; and Anas and Co tumbling from their ‘VOTEXNO’ play bus. Are its supporters really fully aware of the extent to which Scottish Labour is being taken for a ride by the Tories and the Westminster establishment (which of course includes Jim and Anas themselves)?

It seems not, as yet.

Jim Marshall

Stoops 5.42

” As long as they only have one vote each.”

Would not be sure about that.

link to news.bbc.co.uk

Clarinda

At least the seating arrangements have improved from sitting on pavement in Photo 1 to Luxury Padded Black Plastic and Utility Fold Away with Secret Beer Pocket in Photo 2.

Only 98 meet’n greets to go for Mr Murphy and the Murphettes.

joe kane

Anybody notice the same bus seems to be turning up in Anas’s photo-ops too?

I’m just wondering if Jim Murphy always uses the same Irn Bru crate?

Talking about their stage props is infinitely more interesting than anything these two neoliberals have to say about anything.

Auld Rock

Can’t blame folks for taking a free tour of Scotland on a beautiful sunny day. They’ll be handing out free ice creams and ice lolli’s next, LOL.

Auld Rock

ronnie anderson

JHC Rev, kin you no finnish wan fight on the abuse front

without starting anither ( Jim Murphy’s GROUPIES )

mair like Jim,s GUPPIES. O ah hiv a jist gone n done it,

a venerial abuse of Slim Jim & his Guppies. Aye is a small

world in a Goldfish Bowl.

joe kane

Jim gets landed with Irn Bru crate, but Anas gets the big shiny new bus. What’s all that about?

Jim Mitchell

Watch out for them this weekend:

Jim

This week – and every week – until September the 18th, hundreds of Labour activists will take to the streets across Scotland to share the message that Scotland can have the best of both worlds – a strong Scottish Parliament with more devolved powers along with the strength and security of the United Kingdom.

This referendum will be won by you speaking to your friends, families and neighbours about how we’re stronger together within the United Kingdom

That’s why we’re asking you to join us this weekend at one of our local campaigning events.

We have events across Scotland including doorknocking, leaflet delivery and street stalls – you can find the event closest to you and play your part here.

From Monday 23rd we will be running telephone banks contacting key voters in the referendum. If you can spare an hour or so please sign up here or come into either the Glasgow or Edinburgh offices between 4pm and 8pm Monday to Friday.

The next three months will decide the future of Scotland, and if you believe that Scotland’s future is in leading the UK rather than leaving it, then we need your help!

We’ll see you on the doorstep.

Scottish Labour

I would have to travel from Sauchie to Falkirk, so much for hundreds of activists!

Dave McEwan Hill

Is the third photo Dunoon? The battle bus rolled in with Arswar yesterday – 4pm Castle Gardens we were told – and we had just gathered up a few YES posters in the YES shop to go down to have a chat at about 3.50 when the bus rolled past us making its way out of town.
Apparently it stopped ,a few folk clambered off for a photo and then they got on again and drove away.
I’m told there is a photo in tomorrow’s Dunoon paper. Could be interesting.

donald anderson

Dunoon, Dunoon,
Is a bonnie wee toon.
Don’t vote Yes the noo
Or Murph will shut it doon.

lochside

Meanwhile ‘Real Labour’?? Leader Bernie Winters look-a-like Milliband is proposing cutting young people’s broo money.

Well they need the dough for more nukes, don’t they Skeletor? you disgusting hypocrite.

Pete the camera

Who is going to report Jim’s stalkers to Polite Scotland

Haggis Hunter

Think I will make an appearance at one of his soap box appearances and get a real debate going

ronnie anderson

Audit Scotland calling for Johann lamont to opilogize for her

comments at FMs questions.Im sure, sure Josie that she will

forthcoming & contrite.

bald eagle

is the guy with the camera

the same guy in all the photos

donald anderson

Let’s pretend we’re Better Together all alone
And tell your MPs way down there they’ll have to go.

galamcennalath

OK, that’s a couple of dozen No voters with Labour allegiance I reckon?

Do anyone think they’ll get many more Labour folks to vote No?

galamcennalath

OT I really let the side down today, guys (: – I eat a Tunnocks snowball.

Big Del

Number 3 is not the same guy, different colour of trousers!
But he could be the guy sitting down on the slabs that you can see the legs of.
Also, no. 1’s friend is in the second photo, just over the top right shoulder of the chap with the black tee shirt on.

Very SAD

ronnie anderson

An hears me thinkin the Evening Times stopped playing

Spot The Baw Heid years ago.

Jim Marshall

galamcennalath

Sin bin for you.

John grant

If that eejit is traveling the country with rent a crowd the only person he’s fooling is himself as I said before, eejit

joe kane

Jim Murphy is on Twitter openly threatening to visit Raploch.

Adrian B

@ Dave McEwan Hill,

Scroll down through the pictures.

link to twitter.com

Nana Smith

Reminds me of the Joe Cocker lyrics

No, I get by with a little help from my friends
Mm, I get high with a little help from my friends
Mm, gonna try with a little help from my friends

Martin

Someone may have said this already. Maybe he is copying his hero John Major who was in town earlier this week.

Gordon E

Can anyone find a list of places and dates for Murphy’s 100 corners?
I looked when I first heard about it just in case he came anywhere near but there is nothing to be found.

Proud Cybernat

What a group of sterling observers we are.

gerry parker

@ Dave,
more here, looks like the Stadium in one of the shots.

link to twitter.com

gerry parker

@galamcennalath.
Do you not know that Lees make better snowballs?

10 in a packet for a pound in Asda.

Grouse Beater

Reminds me of the Joe Cocker lyrics

Now, Nana! You should know better. Lennon and McCartney!

Cocker used a line of the lyrics for his album title.

Les Wilson

Jim Murphy reminds me of the Rev Jolly, but without the wit!

Ok, I know, I know, a bolt through the neck and he would be a dead wringer for well, lurch! Even the voice…………

Grouse Beater

Proud CyNat said: What a group of sterling observers we are.

Ed Balls said he’d rather die than share sterling.

Nana Smith

I know Grouse Beater…no doubt what I’m about to say will cause uproar so I’ll say it quietly…I never did like the beatles.

heedtracker

Its when he simpers “now don’t you worry, ofcourse there’ll be a Labour government next year ” cheeky smirk, boakin.

Anne Scotland

I believe man number 3 is actually region MSP Richard Simpson. There are also a few local labour councillors there including the labour council leader Johanna Boyd and a lady who looks very like Anne McGuire MP.

Derek McLean

We caught BetterTogether fake canvassing in Govanhill last month! And their Shawlands event was a strange closed door hush hush event, they didnt want us streaming it! (we did anyway). They are a bunch of liars!
I also see they are charging £20 for tickets to hear Alistair Carmichael speak! Thats pretty low. And desperate too!

Democracy Reborn

@donald anderson

So, Murphy was formerly in the Irish Freedom Movement? Clearly a kindred spirit of George Galloway : vociferous supporters of self-determination for peoples around the globe….errrr, except their own.

Grouse Beater

My prediction: England 1 Uruguay 2

Englishmen refuse to accept Rooney, like the UK, is a dud these days.

Okay, here goes nuthin’ … pressing the Submit icon… gulp!

Derek M

ha ha he he ho ho i think i just pissed myself.

poor show Labour you shower of plonkers

ha ha ha he he ho ho aww man im going to be laughing at this all night now 🙂

Alan McHarg

They are just fooling themselves and now talking to themselves. A vote for SLab is a vote for food banks and Trident! Wake up Scotland!!

handclapping

Gosh those moves are good. Now that Frederick Ashton’s dead can we ask who was the choreographer?

Robert Peffers

The best description I can think of for the Smurf is The Lugubrious Mr Murphy.

It’s jist a posh, ae wird, wey tae say, Lang Dreep

Conan_the_Librarian

“The Gang’s all here”

By the Dropkick Murphys…

heedtracker

If he comes near Aberdeen, Im going to heckle him. “My question to future Lord Murphy of Castle Grey Skull is, what’s it like knowing that you’re a war criminal, Gordon Brown’s a war criminal, the whole of the Labour party are war criminals with the blood of hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi people on your hands?”

Clootie

I think it’s quite sad – no pathetic.

If you were going to fake crowd scenes you would have a full bus and a large “wardrobe” of hats/ jackets/ etc. various hairstyles. Various groupings to change structure.

This is the best they can do? They could not even organise local party members to turn out for 20 minutes for a quick speech and photo?

I’ve never seen a BT activist yet?
Apparently you need a camera with BBC written on it and an event close to Pacific Quay.

It does cheer you up though when you witness the hordes we have to face over the next few months. At this rate we will know them all by name so it may become a social event.

JimnArlene

Indymeanies, moany jolo, catch a no vote, by the clone, indymeanies, moany Jolo. Murphy, Darling and Broon Cannae let auld Scotland doon, indymeanies,moany Jolo.

Robert Peffers

Seems there has been ‘owls of protest from the other UK political parties about Labour’s latest promises. The YES campaign has cried (F),OWL, and claimed they don’t give a hoot.

link to telegraph.co.uk

Thepnr

My wife’s a Murphy she wishes to make it known. NOT in her name.

heedtracker

Or “Hey Jim, Jim, Jimmy, James,latest reports say teamGB national debt is actually £4.5 trillion, so why should the people of Scotland or England ever trust you again with our nations public finances?”

john king

galamcennalath says

“OT I really let the side down today, guys (: – I eat a Tunnocks snowball.”

Send him to the cooler
link to youtube.com
Maybe when you get out you’ll understand I like Baxters soup, others like Mackies Ice Cream but we held out for the cause, 🙁
take him away,
I cant even look at you.

Jim Bo

Ronny- thanks for making my day. You’re a funny man!

Sammy

Bottom photo in Stirling: Number three is Richard Simpson MSP, the lady to hus left is Anne McGuire MP. Number four is local Labour Councillor Danny Gibson – the guy who tried to ban the Saltire from Stirling Council HQ which led to a Scotland-wide condemnation of his stunt and him withdrawing the motion under pressure from Better Together.

Debbiethebruce

I did wonder about the students/young people up on carlton hill the other day(holding up the’no more powers for scotland’letters)

Are these people paid at least minimum wage? we need to know,or name and shame Better/UKOK/no thanks.

john king

Les Wilson says
“Ok, I know, I know, a bolt through the neck and he would be a dead wringer for well, lurch! Even the voice…………”

you rang?
link to youtube.com

joe kane

What’s Jim’s empty crate tour of Scotland called anyway – One Man His Sheeple?

Not exactly Gladstone’s famous Midlothian campaign.

Morag Graham Kerr

Well, we seem to have established that it’s mostly all the same people in both shots. Well done us. Not sure where that gets us really, mind you. Indyref trivia.

donald anderson

Who’s the guy in the pin strip suit and pretty blouse hiding in the hills.

Nana Smith

O/T

Do we want the bbc in an indy Scotland???

link to theguardian.com

john king

“I’m really not a fan of Jim Murphy.*

* Does that make me a virus, Death Eating, Cybernat?”

YES
Well you did ask.

Jim Bo

I am convinced that most if not all BT politicians read Wings. And I like to imagine the loathing and dread with which they do in case they are caught out in such an embarrassing way as this. Are they not ashamed of the constant humiliation? What must their friends and family think of them or don’t they care?

Alternatively they are just blinkered and genuinely believe they are in the right which I find equally as dismaying.

Bugger (the Panda)

Murphy

Nesferatu

link to google.co.uk

john king

Jon d @5.37PM

Pity you missed the blonde hair on the guy with the greasy hairs jacket, it was obvious he’s been having an affair with the woman with the bottle blonde hair,
not so hot Sherlock.

biggpolmont

Since they’re hard pressed to get enough people to “set up” a decent photo I can understand if they used party workers, but could they not invest in a wee trip to Primark so these good folk could at least look different.
Remember when the pro Russian forces in Crimea staged their little bit of trickery they at least bought that big fat ugly wife half as dozen headscarves.
This lot have to make do with the lost property box from last years conference.
But what of the good folk that are not in it two or three times Are they real? are they the bus driver, The conductor ,are they really mannekins from Primark? Or some poor fool who was passing who thinks hey I’ve got my fifteen minutes of fame.
Where oh where are these pillars of investigative journalism who could ferret out an untruth and write 5000 words about the wrongdoing in half an hour.
Please dont say back row second from the left I had already thought of that!

Brian Mchugh

BBC Scotchland evening news story on how Scotland were utter amaturish in the 1950’s against Uruguay in the World Cup and lost 7:0.

…not a mention of the 1986 meeting, where we put on a great performance and the game went down in history for the cheating antics of Uruguay.

Give it to the BBC, they do propaganda and brain washing well.

Bugger (the Panda)

Sorry folks wrong clip

link to youtube.com

Paula Rose

Stop it – no, keep going ROFL

ronnie anderson

@ bigpolmont, hear hud on big yin you leave Primark oota this

thats the poorman Genes supplier.

a2

Stirling castle top left?

which after consulting googly street view puts number one at or near rapploch community centre ,, drip road. I may be wrong.

Thepnr

Jim Bo says:

“I am convinced that most if not all BT politicians read Wings.”

Of course they do, from which other source could they read the “news” or gauge the pulse of the nation?

Hi Blair, Hi Joanne. By the way that was a pretty poor show at FMQ today, will you ever learn?

You will when your on the buroo.

john king

“Only 98 meet’n greets to go for Mr Murphy and the Murphettes.”

OOHH ha ha ha ha
that one slipped in under the radar
now who do we have that would accurately represent mr Murphy and the murphettes hmmm?
I think I just smurfed in my mouth.
link to youtube.com

Paula Rose

Talking of full bus loads – still a few seats on the Wings over Angus charabanc heading for Auld Reekie on the 4th of July – go to Off topic and claim a seat (£15)

Kev

Hilarious! And thats in blazing sunshine as well, id imagine even his handful of loyal groupies won’t be so loyal once it starts pishin wi rain.

Conan_the_Librarian

Oh dear, Uruguay have scored.

What a shame.

ronnie anderson

@ John king do you want tae cause a diplomatic incident

compairing Murph with the Smurfs the Belgian High Commission

will be making a complaint next.

Paula Rose

Is that thingy with men showing their knees and chasing balls still going on?

a2

ah yes here , although it appears to be a different part of the building that google street view dosnie reach.
link to google.co.uk

john king

Jim Bo says
I am convinced that most if not all BT politicians read Wings

Yes, kinda like the rabbit watching the headlights coming towards it, or
link to youtube.com

yabadabadoo

Jim Murphy loyal friend of Israel. What about the 700 children that Israel detain each year?

Thank god some state broadcasters have still got some independence left. Here is the ABC (Australia’s national broadcaster) documentary on the treatment of these 700 per year children:

link to craigmurray.org.uk

Why does the BBC never produce such a documentary as it is supposed to be so unbiased? The Westminster controlled BBC’s silence is deafening.

Murphy/Blair shame on you.

Thepnr

Nobody said it was ever going to be easy. People like you that regularly read Wings are the most committed. You will have up days and down days as I’m sure you’ve both noticed and felt.

Jim Murphy’s 100 towns in a 100 days is pure fantasy and spin to get mentioned on the radio, TV and in the papers.

Reality, unfortunately for Jim and his ilk is that the great big web of spin is unravelling before their eyes. If you’ve ever felt on a downer, just imagine how they feel.

We are winning, so keep positive folk. Take the message to your neighbour or even better a stranger every chance you get.

I spoke to two retired chaps today both “DEFINATE” No’s. The irony is one was lifelong labour the other a tory and they couldn’t agree on anything. We had a good chat, both now have an Aye Right card. For sure they labour voter was considering his position. I’ll get the tory again, next week maybe.

john king

Clootie says
“It does cheer you up though when you witness the hordes we have to face over the next few months. At this rate we will know them all by name so it may become a social event.”

Mibbie we could arrange for them to have their own personal polling booth’s with their names on them?

biggpolmont

Mike
Are you sure Anas Sarwar says there is a hundred and fifty people travelling on the bus? maybe he is thinking about the total number over the hundred days

Findlay Farquaharson

jeezo, england have 3 centre forwards playing and still look like they coulndt score in a china shop.

Juteman

I was brought up reading Enid Blyton and the Famous Five.
Simply scrumptious.

john king

You forgot the lashings of pop.

Thepnr

@Juteman

You must have read The Secret Seven first?

Thepnr

“I don’t know why, but the meals we have on picnics always taste so much nicer than the ones we have indoors,’ said George.”

Didn’t come from foodbanks then. There were no foodbanks then. Why now?

john king

“jeezo, england have 3 centre forwards playing and still look like they coulndt score in a china shop.”

Sorry, I’m still trying to work this out, am I missing something?

TJenny

john king – I’m glad you asked that. (weepuzzledfacedthingy)

john king

“Didn’t come from foodbanks then. There were no foodbanks then. Why now?”

For much the same reason as there was no rickets then either
link to news.yahoo.com

Findlay Farquaharson

things must be desperate if murphy has to go round the country scaring us peasants so he can keep his expenses account. im sure he would rather be lunching at his gentlemens club in westminster.

Peter

Bloated ginger faced freak tells the truth for the first time ever.

BBC could be shared with independent Scotland, says Treasury secretary

Danny Alexander concedes Scotland could continue using the BBC and national lottery even if it votes for independence.

So says the guardian in a shock horror report by Severin bigot.

Thepnr

@john king

That’ll be why the tory government is bringing back free school milk then. Thatcher snatched it. Greedy bastard.

link to goodtoknow.co.uk

Retro_Rabbit

link to labourlist.org

Have you had a look.on his blog about this tour…? Not sure that link will survive but my Mrs went along to see our Jim… local MP n awe that… anyhoo… she replied to his post pointing out his exaggerated numbers… I still think it’s the terrorising old folk tour…

//labourlist.org/2014/06/me-a-microphone-and-whoever-turns-up/

CameronB Brodie

Armies of ringers and a MSM full of shills. Has it come to this? Sorry, but there won’t be a prize for the first correct answer.

P.S. I just heard a rather loud roar (sitting in Edinburgh with open window). Has England just scored?

ronnie anderson

When did the National Lottery belong to the Bbc ah thought

it was Camalot that owned it,Bbc only have a contract to

broadcast the draw, there again so does that Hinternetty

thingy show the numbers drawn.Oh Dannyboy stop playin wie

yer toy it warps yer brain W****r.

Thepnr

@Retro_Rabbit

The comments on that link are great, labour supporters letting him know what they really think. Doesn’t seem to have much support does Jim even from his own. Tough.

Robert Peffers

Oh! Dear! England trailing by a goal in the 92 minute of the game. What a shame.

ronnie anderson

Uruguayan supporter wie ah see you jimmy hat on PMSL.

Stitchintime

Good Evening Scotland,

I am a new reader of this brilliant and informative site on what is happening regarding Independence, I am a scot living and working in England for many years. I went home to Inverness to see my mum and sister as I do every year and am very angry with the bias that I have been reading that the governments vessels have been spouting. I see nothing fair and without prejudice in anything I have read.It would serve them better to help it along with good grace even my colleagues say to me we would vote yes as well if they could. I read all the newspapers at work and there is hardly any articles in them that would inform me. Its very bad form and by the way I have asked for a copy of the white paper so that I can inform them here on what the plan is for an Independent State of Scotland.

Please keep up the good work all of you.

willie fae kilwinning

Ronnie,

if it was the same guy, he had a Scotland strip on and was waving the Saltire.

Priceless.

Conan_the_Librarian

Unbeatable winning combination of Suárez and Gerrardo for Uruguay.

Findlay Farquaharson

“Uruguayan supporter wie ah see you jimmy hat on PMSL.”

and a saltire.

Grouse Beater

Grouse Beater said at 7:16 pm

My prediction: England 1 Uruguay 2
Score: England 1 Uruguay 2.

Luigi

England 1 Suarez 2

Fireproofjim

England lost to Uruguay. OK but don’ t rub it in.
To gloat is not worthy of us., and not relevant. As Alec said England will be our best friend next year.

Grouse Beater

Post-mortem time …

heedtracker

@ Grouse Beater, you called it! Sad though. If Wayne was just a bit lucky…

Findlay Farquaharson

if italy beat costa rica and uruguay and england beat costa rica, england can qualify.

Grouse Beater

Far more skill evident in the Uruguayian team, bravura, but Rooney got a tap-in to add to his curriculum vitae.

Joe Swan

I think England just suffered their ‘Gascoigne moment’. Karma perhaps? His Holiness the Dalai Lama says ‘Yes!’, but not out loud in case it’s mis-translated!

John H.

Glenn Hoddle – Suarez was very quiet…apart from his 2 goals.

Morag Graham Kerr

Very grateful to the footie. Was able to cycle round an almost deserted village putting up loads of posters advertising the indy debate on Monday evening. Harassed only by the bloody Culicoides impunctatans.

scottish_skier

if italy beat costa rica and uruguay and england beat costa rica, england can qualify.

This sounds like a Scotland approach to qualification. Just missing actual scores on top.. ‘if italy beat costa rica 3-0 and ..at least 2-0 then..

Man I have England and Ivory Coast in the office sweepstakes.

Need a decent Y/N poll to cheer me up.

ronnie anderson

@ willie fae kilwinning, ah feel like busting into a song

WEE Are Not Alown

Dorothy Devine

Bugger , I shall have nightmares thanks to you – Nosferatu was always the creepiest ,Chrissie Lee was a dish even with fangs!

Angus MacDonald

Stu that bloke in the suit with the bald spot is in both Jim Murphy pictures as well.

Calgacus MacAndrews

@Luigi says:
I love all those bubble heids. Where’s Wally?

Just as long as nobody says “Where’s Lally?”

Findlay Farquaharson

“Need a decent Y/N poll to cheer me up”

are you expecting one?

CameronB Brodie

Just caught up with the comments (spotted your score update Conan). Which tv pundit do you reckon will try to introduce the concept of ‘gloating Scots’. Did anyone see the ITV presenter infer that Neil Lennon was one, a few days back?

john king

Harassed only by the bloody Culicoides impunctatans.
I seem to be immune to them,
Maybe its the beer, hic? 🙂

Kev

Im confused, we are constantly told that you need to be a big country to be successful, yet Uruguay’s population is only 3.3 million, hmmm…

john king

” Did anyone see the ITV presenter infer that Neil Lennon was one, a few days back?”

I am personally sick to death of the, “anyone but England”chant,
I wish to god those people would get over it,
personally I was hoping for England to win (just don’t tell them)

heedtracker

Its a complete Scots team and Scots pundit free world cup from BBC/STV England this year but there is one Scottish fan down there.

link to twitter.com

john king

“Im confused, we are constantly told that you need to be a big country to be successful, yet Uruguay’s population is only 3.3 million, hmmm…”

Aha but you see they have oil.
OH?

ronnie anderson

@Morag Graham Kerr,noo Morag yer taxin ma brain & you know how fragile that is Culicoides impunctatans is that Latin
fur Midgies.

Kev

The atmosphere in the ITV studio at full time is a very good indicator of what it promises to be like in the BBC Scotland studio on the 19th of September, cannae bloody wait!

Sora Lochiel

4’s a definite. That pink rucksack!
Not sure about 5, though; one of them seems to have a lot more hair than the other

caz-m

Scotland supporter going crazy when Suarez got the winner has just made my summer.

Has anyone got it on youtube yet.

Got to be worth a barrow load of YES votes.

Sora Lochiel

Oh wait no, I’m dumb. Looking at the wrong guy. 5’s a definite too!

Suzanne

Oh what fun. The BT/UKOK/NoFanks (phew) crowd giving us a little game – “Spot the Same person In Every Photograph”. How thoughtful! 😀

Morag Graham Kerr

Ronnie, don’t mention the Candyman.

Thepnr

@Suzanne

This is so easy, just picture the tory/libdem cabinet, the BT group and the Krankies.

Then laugh hahaha.

Calgacus MacAndrews

O/T – i.e. Nothing to do with Skeletor or football, but a Braveheart anniversary update:-

The special Braveheart showing at the Dominion Cinema in Edinburgh on the evening of 24th June (20th anniversary of Braveheart, 700th anniversary of Bannockburn) is invitation-only, as far as I am aware.

It has been organised by 20th Century Fox, and should see the largest gathering of cast members in the 20 years since the movie was filmed.

A this exciting time in Scottish history, there should be extensive MSM coverage (I can’t believe I just wrote that!).

There will be a ‘tartan-carpet’ start, a showing of the documentary “The Journey Home” (paying tribute to Braveheart and its relevance today), a Q&A session with cast members, and the movie screening.

Links:-

link to archive.today

link to dailyrecord.co.uk

link to tinyurl.com

ronnie anderson

@ Morag Graham Kerr, (Candyman) noo who sung that hummmm lol

donald anderson

The Candyman song is about a drug dealer.

Twenty14

@caz-m

must have slipped it in his wife’s handbag

Vronsky

Souls in torment. What did these people do in a previous life so terrible that they are condemned forever to listen to Murphy speeches? Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch’entrate.

donald anderson

Murphy. Labour’s cure for insomnia.

Derek M

i dont know Vronsky but what ever it was it must have been real bad lol

john king

Abandon hope all ye.

crazycat

Are the 3 Sarwar pictures all in Ayr? The top one could be Heathfield Retail Park, the middle one any one of a number of streets, and the third one the seafront looking out to Kintyre. (I could be totally wrong; I haven’t managed to find a matching image of the last one.)

Calgacus MacAndrews

Before joining the Jim Murphy fan club, please read this : link to i.imgur.com

(Especially the bizarre bit about him falling down a pothole.)

MochaChoca

Dunno if this is relevant, but the Anas bus photo op looks to be at Heathfield Retail Park, Ayr (top) and quite likely Ayr beach (bottom).

Morag Graham Kerr

You know, I’m far more interested in the Scotsman’s non-apology than any of this, but nobody’s talking about it.

Sinky

John McTernan defending the UK system of government full of privilege and attacking the proposed “bogus Scottish constitution”.

link to scotsman.com

MochaChoca

crazycat….snap

alexicon

if italy beat costa rica and uruguay and england beat costa rica, england can qualify.

England can only qualify, under that scenario, if they have a better goal difference than Costa Rica and Uruguay.

Calgacus MacAndrews

@MochaChoca says:
Dunno if this is relevant, but the Anas bus photo op looks to be at Heathfield Retail Park, Ayr (top) and quite likely Ayr beach (bottom).

Maybe the only safe places for the Labour bus to visit are Tory-ish places.

Says it all.

alistair

O/T
Hope everyone is going along to protest at BBC next Sunday at Pacific Quay at 2pm. Only 150 or so of us last time. Really need a couple of thousand at least as there is a big area to fill else it looks a bit feeble. 3k would be more like it. Please get all your pals invited along.

Defo

Fireproofjim says:

“England lost to Uruguay. OK but don’ t rub it in.”

For those of us old enough to have been baptised in the fountains of Trafalga Square on the ‘away’ years, and are sentient enough to have assimilated the constant referral to 1966, that’s an awfy big ask.

The national conciousness has changed, for the better re the auld enemy since devolution, but this is different.

GIRUY. With bells on.

donald anderson

“Fireproofjim says:

“England lost to Uruguay. OK but don’ t rub it in.”

For those of us old enough to have been baptised in the fountains of Trafalga Square on the ‘away’ years, and are sentient enough to have assimilated the constant referral to 1966, that’s an awfy big ask.

The national conciousness has changed, for the better re the auld enemy since devolution, but this is different.

GIRUY. With bells on.”

I know. Hee. Hee.

caz-m

Twenty14

Do you think the BBC, ITV and Sky news will show the racist, anti-English Scot who was in the crowd.

I do hope so.

We need to find out who this crazy Scot is.

I think they will finally get the message, that we don’t support England in World Cup tournaments.

We support Scotland and anybody who is playing against England.

Brilliant!

Anne Lawrie

Talking of REAL crowds, don’t forget the protest at BBC Glasgow Sunday 29th June at 2pm. Then we will see what a REAL grassroots crowd looks like. Wonder if the BBC will actually broadcast it this time, or their neighbours, STV? Let’s see if any of the MSM report it. As far as I know, only RUSSIAN TV broadcast it last time.

RogueCoder

Evening Wingers,

About to watch ScotNight. I assume the Rev is still watching 11 grown men chasing a pigs bladder around an overpriced lawn?

Bob Sinclair

Anne Lawrie,
I’ve been posting about it on BBC Scotland’s Facebook page, but for some reason they keep deleting my posts. One would almost think that they don’t want us there.

Brian Mchugh

The point I made earlier on was not anti-English… BBC Scotland clearly ran a ‘put down Scotland’ piece, mildly related to current affairs, in that Uruguay were involved in both cases.

What the BBC did tonight, in full belief that England were going to be victorious, was to degrade Scotland in advance of the coming English Glory.

It didn’t quite work out like that, but regardless of any healthy rivalry and due gloating on the Scotgish side… the BBC will now endevour to portray that very gloating as ‘Evil’, ‘Nasty’, unwanted anti-Englishness, which is vile and disgusting…

…but in the name of healthy sporting rivalry… get it right round my English mates and collegues (who would say the same to me had the boot been on the other foot)…. HaHahaHaha.

…hell, it’s getting really bad guys, when we start to feel that we have to be all apologetic, because there are those who jump on faux outrage at innocuous and innocent teasing and healthy rivalry.

…so in the name of being a Tartan Army soldier… get it right f¥€&!/\ up em!!! 😉

Graeme Doig

Defo

GIRUY indeed. Can get a bit tiring being PC.

There’s a good chance of a more conciliatory attitude when we finally get our country back.

In the meantime ‘come on the Uruguayanees’!

Fireproofjim

@caz-m
The Germans (who always win the penalty shoot out) have a word “schadenfreude ” which means taking delight in another’s unhappiness. The English fans are hurting. We don’t need to express sch mean sentiments such as “anyone but England”.
The English are not our problem. Westminster is.

MochaChoca

I know we wouldn’t want to capitalise on anyone elses misery, but events in Iraq are having quite an impact on oil price.

OBR doom and gloom revenue forecasts are based on their Dec’13 predication that oil prices would slump from $108.9 per barrel last year to an average of $103.7 this year and $98.8 next year (despite prices holding pretty steady for at $109-$111 over the last 3-4 years)

The price at the moment is $115.

crazycat

@ MocaChoca

Aye, snap – glad you agree. The style of the buildings in the middle one is right too, could be somewhere between Main Street and the shore, for instance.

CameronB Brodie

Defo
I know where you are coming from, but does the performance of the England team and the hopes of their supporters, really have anything to do with the real ‘auld enemy’. Westminster and it’s not so silent partner Whitehall?

I support any footballer who isn’t a total cheat or stroker. Regardless of nationality. You are, of course, your own man. Pardon the assumptions. 🙂

Defo

The story of Red Eds plan to grind the young unemployed into the dust needs bigging up Rev.

Played nicely, that statement of future Labour policy could get a good few voters on board, & motivated to turn out on the 18th.

Could it be that the Blue & Red Tories are playing a sort of political ‘top trumps’ on who can fuck the vulnerable over most and get away with it.

When we leave, Osbourne will have them back on treadmills, running furiously on a £4T road to nowhere, to try & meet impossible CO2 emissions targets.

“More Pimms Rupert ?”

donald anderson

Red, White & Blue Lab-Con

caz-m

Fireproofjim
“The English are not our problem. Westminster is”.

I knew someone like you would stick there wee PC nose in.

Away and take a good fuck to yursel pal.

It’s tongue and cheek banter.

C’mon Costa Rica! ABE.

And I don’t drink.