Friendly Fire is a satirical poem by James Michie, published in The Spectator magazine in 2004.
[1] In it, the speaker of the poem expresses a hatred of Scottish people and advocates their extermination.
As a result, the poem has been the subject of controversy, especially regarding Boris Johnson, who, as editor of The Spectator at the time, approved its publication.
[3] In that month, the poem was raised in the House of Commons by the SNP leader at Westminster, Ian Blackford.
Ban the kilt, the skean-dhu and the sporran As provocatively, offensively foreign!"