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Who is this guy? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world
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I got this shirt along with several others from an estate sale of a 70 year Canadian guy from Ottawa. I tried googling "brigade" and "PNP" and haven't had much luck, but my guess currently is that this guy has something to do with the Philippine National Police? The previous owner was not Filipino

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[–] 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Pretty sure that’s Andrew Holness but it looks like he’s JLP not PNP. Now I’m confused. He was PM of Jamaica for three months at the end of 2011. An election was held at that point and the PNP won, displacing him. Perhaps that was a shirt PNP supporters at the time were using to rally the troops, or a shirt printed afterwards to mock him for only being in for 3 months… I have no idea. I fell down this rabbit hole and I honestly can’t find my way out. Just gonna go with the flow my lil ADD adventure.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    The “3” on the shoulder does feel like it might be a reference to the 3 months thing. It does seem weird having a huge photo of your opponent’s face on you but if these were made for some one-off event, it might explain that, plus why it’s so hard to find any information in hindsight.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 9 months ago

    I'm glad the shirt has brought so much... Jamaican politics into your life, lol. I think the guy on the shirt looks like he is bald, so I'm not convinced it is Holness, but he appears to be our best candidate thus far.

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    • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/People%27s_National_Party

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    • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Obviously a reference to dating problems

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