Chris Mackie: Down wiff da kidz

Just in case you weren't aware, the Scottish Secretary sure is down wiff da kidz. In the tale of his day out at T in The Park over his blog "Jumpin'" Jim Murphy is careful to namecheck as many current musical artistes as he can - even if he didn't actually see them at the festival.
Because, yeah, I'm actually really into We Were Promised Jetpacks, yeah? You wouldn't have heard of them, because they are well new and that, innit?!
But aside from establishing his cutting edge credentials, this is my favourite section: "then off to Slam Tent, which was very dark and absolutely packed. How do they get so many people into the one (albeit enormous) tent? The Streets were pretty entertaining."
The thought of someone as establishment as the current Scottish Secretary hanging out with some of the revellers who can be found in the dark recesses of the Slam Tent is enough to bring a smile to anybody's lips. Consider the fact that there are some festival-goers who, whatever the weather, fail to leave that particular arena for the entire weekend, despite what is on offer elsewhere at Balado.
Perhaps his visit was educational - an attempt to really judge the scale of Scotland's drug problem. Or perhaps he was campaigning - trying to get Labour's message out while potential voters were in particularly high spirits.
Either way the image of Mr Murphy, a member of Her Majesty's Cabinet, grooving along to The Streets (sample lyric "Big beefy bouncers out to reveal us, geezers on Es and first timers, kids on whizz, darlin's on charlie, all come together for this party") is one to cherish.
He might well have needed to collapse in a chair afterwards (pictured right).