Glasgow Games

Many of our non-co-respondents complain about my lack of interest in sport, notwithstanding my goodladywife's passion for beefy men throwing an odd shaped ball around. Now, to set this matter to rights.
Glasgow is due to host the Commonwealth Games in 2014. Hooray!

The Leader of the Scottish Government, a Mr Salmo Salmar, is quoted in the Grauniad as saying

... the city would "make these games the greatest sporting event our country has ever seen".

The same article quotes a Mr Godron Broon, the Leader of the English Government,

"It's looking like a great sporting decade for our country," he said.

It was alleged that he

called many Commonwealth heads of government to bolster Glasgow's bid last week

Hats off all round. Nice to see the old chums getting on so well and being so effective. See what you can do when you work together as a team lads? No nasty sniping about all that (Scottish) lottery money being smuggled over the border for the (English) Olympic Games. You'll be whinging on about the (Scottish) oil next.

As the workperson once said when they were demolishing the roof of the Rector's office at Edinburgh University( I believe the Rector was one G Broon Esq. at the time)

It's no polical, pal!

Fun and games in the years ahead!

Reading Bad Science, see side panel, I was reminded of the Glasgow sobriquet common in my time in the north - YOU TUBE. - Maybe it persists to this day and is still a term of affectionate banter, as well as being something to do with the interweb. However, I would be vary wary of calling anyone a copper tube.
Thanks to Ben Goldacre for the link, possibly.