Glasgow comedian Limmy has torn a strip off John Cleese after the Monty Python star launched a Twitter rant aimed at Scots.
The 76-year-old took to the social media site to vent his disgust at a newspaper column which appeared in the Telegraph that was written by a Scottish journalist.
He posted: "Why do we let half-educated tenement Scots run our English press? Because their craving for social status makes them obedient retainers?"
His tweets attracted heavy criticism including that from Brian Limond, aka Limmy.
He fired back: "I'm Scottish, come to Glasgow and try saying that to my f*****g face you dirty English c***."
Limmy was then congratulated for taking a stand by Still Game star Greg Hemphill.
John Cleese responded to Limmy simply by saying: "Exactly."
When one Twitter user asked the actor why he was 'so against the Scots' he tweeted: "Only that a tiny percentage of them are rather chippy."
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