No saltires please, we’re North British

The cricket-loving former prime minister, who self-identifies as a “North Briton”, says he is embarrassed by display of the national flag of Scotland . . . He’s OK with this, though –

In some quarters Mr Brown’s behaviour in an interview given to SKYNEWS is being characterised as “rodent-like”.

We ourselves believe this is both unfair and inaccurate, for there are some things you just can’t get a rat to do.

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