In real life.
Take the other big political media event of the week – David Tennant’s cheeky stunt with Saltires as guest presenter of Have I Got News For You (HIGNFY). The Bathgate-born presenter played a medley of pictures featuring Union-flag-flanked Cabinet ministers and suggested the BBC might get into trouble for the programme’s own flag deficit. Announcing, “I think I can fix that,” a curtain of massive Saltires appeared behind Tennant who smilingly planted a small Scottish flag on his desk to laughter and applause from the London-based audience.
It was a great and telling broadcasting moment, since independence-supporting Tennant had to get the BBC production team onside to bring off his masterful wheeze. Clearly HIGNFY is a bit of a law unto itself – but still. The Saltire moment was as eloquent as it was unexpected.