Mrs Brown’s Boys used by Scottish referendum campaigners as a threat and a promise

Do we want more of this or less? Less of it or more?

With less than a month to go until the independence referendum both sides are causing confusion by deploying BBC Scotland’s Mrs Brown’s Boys as their latest campaign weapon.

While the No side say that an independent Scotland would result in BBC Scotland being much smaller and having no money to produce shows such as Mrs Brown’s Boys and Waterloo Road the Yes side are saying exactly the same thing.

As the continued existence of the phenomenally successful and hugely derided sitcom is used as both a threat and a promise, it is understood that Rupert Murdoch is poised to offer a third way. The media mogul is said to be encouraging the idea of an independent Scotland abandoning the BBC altogether so that his Fox Network could take its place and give a fair and balanced look at all Scottish news and culture.