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Jim Murphy plays keepy-up instead of voting

Playing Keepy-up While Parliament Votes

Our old pal Jim Murphy MP, branch manager of the North Britain branch of the UK Labour party couldn’t resist a   at the home of football – Pittodrie. There he was showing the assembled press his silky skills while the UK parliament voted on fracking in Westminster (546 miles away by road).

This was a bit odd after he and his party had spent the whole weekend telling us that they were going to vote to stop fracking from taking place, however when the vote came the majority of the Labour MPs abstained from voting at all. It would appear that they lied.

Labour's Fracking Poster

Labour’s Fracking Poster

They also lied about voting to transfer powers over fracking to the Scottish parliament, they lied about that too. This just after they had voted with the Tories for another £30 billion in austerity cuts and voted FOR spending over £100 billion on renewing Trident nuclear missiles.

Jim Murphy wants to replace Trident

Jim Murphy wants to replace Trident

Who can trust a party like that?

Jim Murphy plays keepy-up instead of voting

Jim Murphy plays keepy-up instead of voting

Jim Murphy Loves Nukes

Jim Murphy Loves Nukes

It’s always good to know where people stand on the great issues of the day. Jim “Omelette” Murphy voted FOR renewing the UK’s Trident nuclear missiles at an estimated cost of £100 billion. We all know how easily these estimates on defence contracts can spiral out of control so I wouldn’t be surprised if the total cost was double the estimate.

Jim Murphy Loves Nukes

Jim Murphy Loves Nukes

These hugely expensive weapons of mass destruction are illegal under international law since they do not discriminate between civilians and belligerents, they just kill everyone. They are an incredible waste of money and the only purpose they really serve is to salve the egos of Westminster politicians by keeping the UK’s permanent seat on the UN Security Council.