Is it cruel and unusual – or will it produce a better class of ned?

THE nation's neds, one of Scotland's most successful exports, are to be punished by being sent on leisure-amenity holidays. Liberal critics said yesterday this was taking persecution of this important cultural group to a new low.

The idea is that, by making the much misunderstood morons faff around with canoes, mountain bikes and snowboards, their characters will deepen and they'll bond with their fellow hooligans from other gangs, before returning to society, stronger and mo...