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An excerpt from a novel by irvine Welsh, published in 1996..


Did a novelist from Scotland know more than our current prime minister is expecting us to believe he did whilst pardoning sir Jimmy Saville.

In one passage, Welsh writes: “The thing was, Freddy brought millions of pounds into the place with his fund-raising activities. This brought kudos to the trustees, and made St Hubbin’s Hospital a flagship for the arm’s-length trusts from the NHS. All they had to do was keep schtumm and indulge Sir Freddy with the odd body.”

And another description of Royle says: “Freddy was finding it hard to maintain steady breathing. He examined the corpse. She’s bain a roight pretty un n arl, he rasped in his Somerset drawl, - caar accident oi presumes?”

Welsh has not confirmed that his character was based on Savile.