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..Two historic events today!!
With immaculate timing. John Smeato left Hospital at exactly the same time across the pond Barak Obama won the US election.
Unconnected? – I don’t think so..
Watch out for Smeato to be appointed to a top position in the Obama Administation! Secretary of State!!?? I’m not saying anything?
Here’s some more goodies!
The Sun article – 4th November Part 1 (PDF)
The Sun article – 4th November Part 2 (PDF)
I AM NEVER LEAVING GLASGOW! I’LL NEVER Leave Scotland!
Smeato was Spotted in London by our man in Claridges Thursday morning deep in animated conversation over his porridge with one of the UK’s leading politician leaders. Smeato we can exclusively reveal was on a flying top secret 12 hr visit to confer at the very highest levels of government…
THE BIG STORY TONIGHT
SMEATO is being lined up to take over from Gordo!
Yes tonight Westminster is awash with frenzied rumoours that SMEATO is being implored to take over as Prime Minister should Gordo be forced out as the economy falls off a cliff.
It is not widely generally known that Smeato is not just a world famous baggage handler hero but is also a Nobel Prize winning economic genius.
Smeato- as well as being able to sort out 320,853 missing bags single handed in 24 hours at Heathrow’s new Terminal 5 in March also was solely responsible for the Icelandic banking sectors against all the odds survival and the economic miracle success story that has made The Republic of Brazzaville Congo the world’s richest country.
Did you know that? Of course you didn’t did you? Go on admit it.
In the Great Man’s own words “you didn’t have a scoobie !”
On a rather intellectual view on things, we have here the general secretary of the Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association making noise that Smeato indeed is a celebrity, but we must not forget that what he truly deserves, is the badge of honour.
Excerpts from the article:
“Mr Smeaton became a household name after being interviewed by news organisations from around the world in the wake of the foiled terrorist attack on Glasgow Airport last summer. He was hailed a hero for jumping to the defence of a police officer by tackling one of the alleged terrorists.”
“John Smeaton agreed that Mr Eaglesham had a point. He told The Scotsman: “What I did wasn’t just myself. A lot of people did that. But it went round the world in a flash on the internet. I didn’t expect the attention. I didn’t ask for it and I don’t see myself as anything special.””
Here we have the words of someone from BBC. The original blog post can be found here.
I’ve met John Smeaton just the once. That was when he was invited to attend the Labour conference in Bournemouth last autumn. He was in the hall for the Prime Minister’s speech and was singled out as a hero by Mr Brown for his efforts during the alleged terror attack on Glasgow Airport.
I grabbed a quick TV interview with Mr Smeaton after the PM’s address.
My impression was of a gallus Glaswegian who seemed, understandably, over-awed but enthralled by the attention. Once again, the “hero” identified by the PM took pains when he talked to me to stress that others had more than played their part.
Now some of those others are suggesting that Mr Smeaton’s own contribution may have been much more limited than previously believed. One, Alex McIlveen, who was injured in the episode, said that John Smeaton only gained attention because of his defiant comments afterwards. Not his actions which, according to Mr McIlveen, were minimal.
John Smeaton has responded by insisting he never sought to exaggerate his contribution and added: “It is a strange world when some people try and blow out your candle to make their own grow brighter.”
I freely confess I am in absolutely no position to judge the truth here. Did Mr Smeaton exaggerate – or was he simply caught up in a wave of publicity, not of his making, as folk tuned into to his simple message of defiance?
Should he have done still more to stress the roles of others – or is it perhaps the case that the media weren’t listening at the time, that, collectively, in troubled times, we wanted a clear, single hero – one Superman, one Batman, not a posse?
Is that true too of politicians – and the Palace who presented Mr Smeaton with the Queen’s Gallantry Medal?
Not sure. I’m genuinely not sure.
The Smeatons have just arrived at the Royal Gates, and so has Fleet Street, The Sun, ITN, the Press Pack. The Royal Ensign is flying so we know her Majesty is at home today. The Limos Fiestas, and Taxis full of other recipients of awards and their loved ones are stacked up outside… as all the cars are being scrupulously searched by the police; ladies large hats are being removed just in case they are balancing a bomb on their heads… or attempting to smuggle, takeway Big Macs into the palace.so what we have is. Your Usual Royal Investiture traffic Gridlock.
Yours truly… your very own Smeato Royal roving reporter arrived on his trusty Vespa (what a trip down the M1 that was..there were even times when I wasn’t airborne… and stayed on the motorway for minutes on end.)
There are a couple of hundred people here noses pressed against the royal railings (I am experimenting with how many ‘royals’ can – get into one piece and an American tourist next to me has just said “this is hilarious!”
A carriage full of Beefeaters (what is the collective noun for them… A herd of beefeaters?..your entries on a postcard please) has just trotted through the gates. Did I mention it is cold no make that freezing and windy… but not raining. Just tring to give you a sense of what is like to be actually standing here on this historic day for Smeato fans ev everywhere.
On this big… no make that HUGE… day in the life of our Hero.. the Smeatonator has truly landed at the Palace… and yes ladies he looks great in his Kilt… as indeed does his beaming Dad Ian..The Smeatons are out in force today… Mum Kate and sister Kate are of course also here.
SMEATO GOES TO THE PALACE!
Tuesday 4th March 2008
Our man heads South again this Tuesday for a very big day indeed in the life of our Humble Hero..(As I am sure, all who saw last Tuesday’s the BBC 1 TV documentary: ‘John Smeaton Everyday Hero’ will agree…)
So as long as the Smeatonator’s train pulls into King’s Cross station in London in time all you Londoners look out for a kilt clad Smeato jumping on the bus at Kings Cross to get across to Buckingham Palace for 10 clock in the morning to pick up THE QUEEN’S GALLANTRY MEDAL!
I am guessing Her Majesty Herself will be pinning it on John’s chest… but who knows? Maybe that’s the real reason Harry was flown back yesterday…!
My Smeato mole at The Palace tells me the bemedalled baggage handler will be emerging from the main gates at around 1pm… So if you want to buy him another few thousand pints or just want to say well done in person to the Big Man… just turn up outside the palace.
From all the people here at the world wide phenomenon aka www.johnsmeaton.com we just want to say “Congratulations John!” You did the right thing… the thing we all wish we would do if we were in a similar situation.
And you spoke for us all that day when you said those now immortal words that echoed round the world and made us all proud… “Don’t come to Glasgow ..cos we’ll set aboot ye!”
