The Edinburgh Dungeon is marking the 710th anniversary of the Battle of Falkirk by smashing up icons of Englishness:
English visitors will only be allowed entry if they sign a scroll swearing allegiance to Scotland, while those from other countries will be encouraged to bring in items deemed 'typically English’ to be smashed....
“People are invited to bring scones, tea bags, English literature, fine bone china or anything else typically English. We plan to smash them with a sword like the one Wallace carried.”
I was in Edinburgh last month. If only the Edinburgh Dungeon had been doing that then, because I would have gone along with an English flag and a copy of the Common Book of Prayer to film them smashing them up.
Had I been a chippy sort I might then have taken the short stroll from the Edinburgh Dungeon down Canongate and burned the Scottish flag outside Parliament. But frankly why stoop to their pathetic level? Let the philistines have their oil and revel in their anti-Englishness. I wonder if the Scots will be celebrating the Battle of Ronaldsway by smashing up Manx cats and copies of Peer Gynt?
Meanwhile, in a sectarian corner of of our enlightened northern neighbour New Labour are desperate to keep Union flag flying. Good luck.