 Denise Mina had not written for comics when she took over the title in 2006 , but had three acclaimed crime novels to her name , the <unk> trilogy , the first of which won the <unk> award for best debut crime novel . Her run on the title took John to Scotland , to attempt to stop a plot to make everybody <unk> with each other . However , John fails to stop this , and , overwhelmed by the grief and horror they 're forced to <unk> share , suicides <unk> through the people of Glasgow . With help from Gemma Constantine , Angie <unk> and Chas Chandler , a plan to reverse the problem is made , as tension builds among the soldiers now surrounding the city . The soldiers <unk> listen to a World Cup match between England and Portugal on the radio . When England loses the match , it seems all is lost , but the expected psychic riot fails to materialize . The soldiers are Scottish , so England 's loss is celebrated , saving the day , and proving there 's no source of joy like <unk> . 
