Walking the dog.

Mr Smith notes that the Iranian Government has reportedly banned the walking of dogs in public, with the pets of offending dog walkers being sent to “doggie prisons.” Mr Smith is wary of even drawing attention to this issue, because he suspects that one of our 129 Members of the Scottish Parliament may think that this is a good idea which would be worthy of introduction in Scotland.

Of course, in Scotland, it would be the dog walker that ended up in the clink, rather than the dogs because locking up the pet would contravene Scotland’s strict animal welfare laws.