Sherlock writer’s wee dig at Scots

P. G. Wodehouse said it is never hard to tell the difference between a scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine.

And it seems sherlock scriptwriter steven Moffat agrees with him, despite being a born and bred scot. ‘If you like a laugh or being happy — that kind of thing — then don ’t be scottish,’ says Moffat.

‘If you aren’t any good at being enthusiastic about scottish things, which I’m not, then being scottish is a major problem for me.

‘ There is nothing fundamentally wrong with scots, I’m just bad at it.

‘All scots are as lovely as all people who are full of loathing and shame for themselves are.’

Maybe Moffat has been rubbing shoulders with too many sas - senachs at the BBC.