Pub landlord comedian Al Murray says Scotland’s new hate crime law has put comedians at high risk of being arrested for gags that are just meant as tongue-in-cheek humour.

Stand-up Murray is best known for playing his character The Pub Landlord, an opinionated English publican with an animosity towards the Germans and French, who always thinks the British are best at everything.

Murray, who has been outspoken about the controversial legislation in the past, has often assumed the beer-swilling character on TV shows including the series Time Gentlemen Please and Fact Hunt.