Grovel grovel grovel we’re sorry we ever thought of it, we’ll never do it again.

A Scottish pub has cancelled a Harry Potter-themed event after public backlash.

The Old Forge, on the Knoydart peninsula on the west coast, said in an announcement on social media that the Halloween party had been called off as the theme “has proven dividing, and some of our staff have received inappropriate grief as a result”.

Well I should think so indeed. The naughty woman who wrote the Harry Potter books doesn’t think men can be women. Have you ever heard of anything so evil?

In a statement on Mondaty, the Knoydart pub said: “The pub management team have decided to cancel this year’s Halloween dinner party. It was always meant to be just a fun night, but unfortunately using Harry Potter as a theme has proven dividing, and some of our staff have received inappropriate grief as a result.

So it’s not so much that the theme was dividing as it is that some people think it’s ok to abuse bar staff for having a popular fictional character as a theme for a Halloween dinner party.