Governor Maura Healey signed what appeared to be an executive order legalizing haggis in Massachusetts, but the whole thing turned out to be an elaborate joke staged for Scotland's World Cup fans.
When Scottish podcaster David McIntosh Jr. walked into the Massachusetts State House alongside members of Scotland's famous Tartan Army, he probably did not expect to walk out having apparently changed American food law. A video posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2026, showed Governor Maura Healey signing what looked very much like an official executive order, declaring haggis legal in the state of Massachusetts.
TL:DR – The clip racked up more than 600,000 views on Instagram almost immediately. There was just one problem. It was not real.
Scotland's group stage matches at the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be broadcast entirely free to air — no Sky Sports, no TNT Sports, no subscription of any kind required. BBC Scotland and STV hold the UK rights between them, and every Scotland fixture in Group C is confirmed across those two channels.
TL:DR – The group stages are free to air in the UK, but you must have a TV licence.
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The Scottish Tradition of Putting Traffic Cones on Statues
Few civic traditions in the world combine irreverence, humor, and genuine public affection quite like the Scottish habit of placing traffic cones on the heads of statues. While the practice has cropped up on various monuments across Scotland over the years, it is most famously associated with a single iconic statue in the heart of Glasgow, one that has become as well known for its bright orange headwear as for the military hero it depicts.
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The Fans Who Became as Famous as the Team
There is a saying that travels wherever Scotland plays: "No Scotland, no party." At the 2026 FIFA World Cup, held across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, those words rang truer than ever [4]. For the first time in 28 years, the Tartan Army, the passionate and famously good-natured supporters of the Scotland national football team, returned to the greatest stage in football, and they arrived in spectacular fashion [4].
Scotland's qualification for the 2026 tournament ended a wait stretching all the way back to the 1998 World Cup in France, a gap that left an entire generation of Scottish fans without a World Cup to call their own [4]. Their return was sealed with a memorable 4-2 victory over Denmark, a result so significant that Scott McTominay's overhead kick from that match was commemorated in a giant mural outside Hampden Park and on a limited edition £20 bank note [4].
Read more: Tartan Army doing Scotland proud on the world stage