So good that someone had to ban them

Andy Burnham is quite right to dismiss Scotland’s planned ban on alcohol advertising as “a bit silly”. Simply because the lager adverts have for years been the most amusing and intelligent thing on Scottish television. For the uninitiated, I’ve embedded my favourite Tennent’s Lager advert above – it’s a spoof of the immortal Ealing film Whisky Galore. And if you have time, do look at the others – Caledonia is one massive repatriation advert. This McEwans advert is the lager version of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. And then there are later efforts, like the Masochist – the list goes on. So good, that somebody obviously had to ban them.