Dull stick-in-the-muds are stuck in the past

EXTRAORDINARY scenes as the pofaced ‘elf and safety mob ban 74-year-old lollipop man Nkosana Mdikane from high-fiving children in Dumbarton as they cross the road, instead demanding that he ‘remain static’. The children, apparently, are bereft, unable to understand why one of their favourite adults is no longer able to say hello in his own, inimitable style. It seems more like it’s the council who are remaining static – all the way back in the dark ages.