Booed in absentia!

[Mosiah]

you have no idea how embarrassed i am admitting to sitting among the proletariat! i shoulda just lied, like...won't go there, but mi nuh know if any a unnu did see mi arready sitting ova dere! all now mi kin a cratch mi!

[Muadib]

only difference is one ah dem have a war chest lineup.. di oddah one.. well.. maybe Proven can help dem..

[Don1]

It’s obviously very easy to understand why there would be a “faint, but audible enuff, round of boos” for Golding.

What I do NOT understand, however, is why were the cheers for Portia “loud (and) contrasting”? In other words, why members of the audience would cheer so enthusiastically for this particular Opposition Leader makes very little sense. It’s hard to find the logic here.

man ah look fi logic

[Don1]

Nuh worry yuhself ... there are many things in Jamaica that will leave you confused.

yep...lika election results don't?

[Baddaz]

It reminds me when then PM Michael Manley was booed at the WCT tournament in Montego Bay and the subsequent discussions on the call-in programs back in the 70s. I happened to be in that crowd when it happened. Now this was nothing like that one, but one wonders what would have happened if Brucie was there.

somehow that episode escapes me... not saying it didn't happen... just didn't hear about it and i was in jamaica during the 70s... still, it is quite possible, because depending on de crowd anybody is a target of disapproval, especially in jamaica... hmmmn, wct tournament crowd... sounds like de latte drinkin bunch... lol...

[Islandman]

It was a nationally reported incident at the time and has been referred to by many journalists over the years when discussing Manleys legacy.