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  1. Tom says:

    “all JACK Tamson’s Bairns”? Maybe that’s Jock’s brother who writes for The Speccie.

  2. James Mills says:

    Highlander ? Still can’t place that accent ! Can you provide some more clues ?

    1. James Mills says:

      Is he from the same clan as Christopher Lambert ( MacLeod ) ?

  3. Jack collatin says:

    Of whom John Cleese snarled:- “Why do we let half-educated tenement Scots run our English press ? Because their craving for social status makes them obedient retainers ?”

    Now normally I’d be first to jump in and defend any Scot, especially a Highlander, against such a slur, but in Fraser Nelson’s case…..
    I wonder what his school mates in the Highlands think about that tortured accent of his.
    Bought and sold Brit Nat.

  4. Richard Easson says:

    As someone who crossed swords with The Kurgan and marched behind Connor MacLeod into battle , I don’t recall seeing Fraser Nelson there.

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