Scotland fans help make Haggis legal in Massachusetts after Tartan Army take over Boston

Scotland fans help make Haggis legal in Massachusetts after Tartan Army take over Boston In a move of beer keg diplomacy, the Tartan Army themselves found themselves wholly embraced natives of Boston after tens of thousands of Scots drank the city dry Scots have arguably secured the biggest British victory on American soil since the end of the Revolutionary War after Massachusetts announced it would legalise haggis... kind of. Hundreds of years after the Redcoats left Boston at the end of the Revolutionary War, the Tartan Army occupied the city and drank its bars dry. Over the course of several days, Scots sank pints alongside Bostonians, many of whom have Irish ancestry. But any Scot hoping to tuck into some haggis following their 1-0 victory over Haiti would be stunned to find the delicacy has been illegal to sell in the US since the 1970s. The ban is due to the dish's key ingredient, namely sheep lung, which constitutes as offal and comes under strict regulations in the country. Following the amazing reception of the Tartan Army's friendly occupation of Boston, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey vowed to right a decades-old wrong by declaring the state would legalise haggis, although there was a key caveat. Individual states do not have legislative power to legalise the dish, as food and safety imports are regulated at the federal level. That did not stop Governor Healey from signing the executive order to make haggis legal again. She said: "The Tartan Army has brought the energy, joy, and enthusiasm to Massachusetts. This is truly what the World Cup is all about." Governor Healey continued: "Between the bagpipes, the kilts, and thousands of Scotland fans turning Boston into their home away from home, the Tartan Army has made quite an impression on Massachusetts." A campaign to make haggis legal in the states was launched by Simon Howie Butcher, who called for the ban on the delicacy to be repealed. In an Instagram post shared last month, the butcher's said: "We can send haggis to space, but we can't take one with us to watch the game? Nah. "We're calling on the best fans in the world to sign our petition and help us Make Haggis Legal Again." More than 20,000 Scotland fans travelled to the city for the game at Boston Stadium. Numerous bars have reported facing low beer stocks after the Scots arrived. The city was in a welcoming spirit, however, after signing the "tartan Army Bill" that allowed some 140 bars to stay open longer.