Tory leader refused alcohol at Springsteen concert

SCOTTISH Conservative leader Ruth Davidson had an Inbetweeners moment when she was refused alcoholic drink at a Bruce Springsteen concert – because the barman thought she was underage.

Ruth Davidson, 34, was refused alcohol at Hampden. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Unlike Will, Neil, Jay or Simon of the Channel 4 comedy series, however, Ms Davidson was comfortably over the legal age for drinking when she found herself unable to stand her round at the bar.

Ms Davidson, 34, was knocked back from the bar when she was at the concert in Hampden Park in Glasgow on Tuesday evening with Tory MP David Mundell. She went to the bar to buy Mr Mundell a pint but did not have any ID when the barman asked.

The Tory leader joked about the incident on Twitter.

She tweeted: “I got kb’d for not having ID trying to buy Mundell a beer at the Springsteen gig. He’s 51. I’m clearly #34goingon17 #underage”.

The Tory leader said the incident had made her week.

Among the replies to her tweet was one from Labour’s defence spokesman Jim Murphy MP, who wrote: “Don’t worry in the referendum it’s votes at 16 so you should be OK.”

Author Ian Rankin added: “(That’s the excuse they gave her anyway...) (Sorry, Ruth!)”.

Ms Davidson said later that she was “amused and hugely flattered” that anyone could think she was underage.