Alex Massie Alex Massie

There’s been a Tweet but, worry not, DCI Taggart is on the case

Behold, the Tweet that banned the internet. Has it really come to this? Evidently so. It is necessary to laugh at Greater Glasgow Police and you’d be advised to do so while it remains legal to do so too. Doubtless this latter consideration is simply the result of an administrative oversight but we must make the best of a bad situation that is not itself of our own making.

All this is true and yet not enough either. You might think this is merely an April pleasantry, a first of the month jape designed to entertain you as we await the first real sighting of spring in these northern parts. If you think that then all I can say is that you are a kinder soul than I. The Scottish Police, you see, have form in these matters. Their record is as long as a long man’s arm. To wit:

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Besides, in these matters, my advice is to convict first and ask questions later.

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