The Taxpayers’ Alliance are not impressed with Jim Murphy and his Irn-Bru expenses claims:

“This is ludicrous and will leave taxpayers fizzing with rage. Expenses are supposed to be to help MPs do their job, not for caffeine-heavy refreshments or PR stunts”

Nor are the voters of Scotland:

@bmc875 @GuidoFawkes @MrHarryCole @redbull pic.twitter.com/JHicaf8QkI

— Alexandre Dumas (@tartangladbach) February 9, 2015

SCOTTISH LABOUR LEADER JIM MURPHY MAKES *YOU* PAY FOR HIS IRN-BRU http://t.co/RL0gNPO5n5 #labourfail

— Stuart Benjamin Ford (@stuartford) February 9, 2015

good old @jimmurphymp, taking gold from the bastard English and passing it on to a great Scottish company http://t.co/NhQWVQamEx

— Chris Deerin (@chrisdeerin) February 9, 2015

Nor are SNP Ministers:

Pleased to say I always buy my own Bru… "Jim Murphy ‘claimed for Irn-Bru on expenses’" http://t.co/vxLEMxyben pic.twitter.com/8XSUmUPkEB

— Humza Yousaf (@HumzaYousaf) February 9, 2015

So far Murphy’s people have declined the opportunity to comment…

UPDATE: An SNP spokesperson said:

“Labour’s bottle has crashed and this is a further embarrassment for Jim Murphy. Unlike Scotland’s favourite national soft drink – he is neither ‘original’ nor ‘best’.”