Helen Lewis

What slightly retro fact became obvious at the Scottish Party leaders' televised debate?

sent a pigeon individually to each Scottish voter's home with the results of who'd won.

Tragically not, although that would be charming.

They're all men.

It's been a big turnabout in Scottish politics from the halcyon days of Kezia, Doug Dale, Ruth Davidson, Nicola Sturgeon having three main parties.

It's all chaps.

The chapocracy has returned to Scotland.

Joanna Cherry, former SNP MP, has left the SNP in fairly spectacular fashion with a book coming out, Keeping the Dream Alive, which details her fallout with Nicola Sturgeon and the party.

What did she claim that the SNP wanted to melt down in 2018?

It was a bust of Alex Salmond.

Yeah, she says that the party was only too keen to move on from the Alex Salmond era when he... Oh, sorry, it wasn't a gold bust to Alex Salmond.

I don't think the SNP have got that much money.

Some sort of barnet formula.

They'll be the largest party, I think, on the predictions.

Yes.

So, well, as previously discussed, Reform have had a bit of a mare.

Their leader made a very unpleasant homophobic joke about George Michael, like a rugby club dinner.

And I've got quite a high tolerance for these things.

And I read it and I went, oh, no, I don't think so.

So they've had many candidates withdraw, their press officer has stepped down.