Well I can only assume Jim, Ruth & Willie are giving themselves a well deserved pat on the back after the Sunday Politics leaders debate for a well coordinated assault on Nicola Sturgeon.
I must admit that I didn't watch it live - I binned the TV and the TV licence after the referendum!
So by the time I was watching it on iPlayer I had already seen the twitter reaction.
Now I'm used to partisan people being offended that their particular champion isn't being treated fairly by whatever broadcaster, but I wasn't quite prepared for what I saw.
I had also seen in person the ganging up on Nicola at the leaders debate in Aberdeen.
But this was on a new level.
Jim and Ruth came across as best buddies, in fact if it wasn't for the fact that Ruth is gay, I would be suspicious that a more intimate relationship wasn't on the cards.
But it was Jim that was leading what can only be called coordinated bullying with Ruth as second in command and poor wee Willie, like the weakest boy, desperately trying to be part of the gang and over the moon that he wasn't the victim.
But before uncorking the champagne to celebrate they should really look at what they achieved.
Jim got stuck in on Nicola's plans to get rid of any deficit by growing the economy, which was apparently impossible to do, only to say when challenged on Labours own plans that they would grow the economy.
Sorry did I hear that right?
It is impossible for the SNP, who have managed to balance their Holyrood budget, to grow their way out of a deficit, but Labour who oversaw the deregulation that led to the financial crisis and who have supported the Tories welfare cuts and austerity can achieve what was impossible a few minutes ago when Nicola said it.
Well I'm convinced, how could I doubt you Jim?
Ruth and Willie weren't any better, apparently their parties coalition is growing the UK economy faster than the rest of the world - I'm not feeling it, are you?
Not to mention the doubling of UK debt, but it would somehow be a disaster for Scotland to borrow even a tiny fraction of that amount,
Then of course there was Full Fiscal Autonomy that was at the heart of all this alleged 7.6 billion debt (I say alleged because it's based on an IFS report which only looks at this year figures and does not include forecast growth of over 15 billion ).
So the argument put forward was, don't vote SNP or Scotland will end up with FFA and massive debt.
Oh, but vote Labour (or indeed Tory), because we will never vote for it, and indeed with only 59 seats in Scotland FFA can only happen with either Labour or Tory support, which they have been quite clear will never happen.
So you got that?
Don't vote SNP or you will get something that we can guarantee will never happen.
But of course it wasn't just the idiocy of the arguments that should make them pause and consider if this was indeed a victory or a massive cock up.
The three unionist parties have once again acted in union and cemented that link in the minds of the viewers.
Not only that, they have taken the Leader of the party who has been in power in Scotland since 2007 (and history tells us should therefore be deeply unpopular), and who has a massive lead in the polls ( and should therefore be the favourite), and by making it three against one, made her not only the underdog, but also the anti-establishment candidate.
We all know the Scots love an underdog and are looking to give Westminster a good kicking.
Really at a point where the SNP would be worried that complacency amongst it's voters might be a concern, the three unionist leaders have done her one of the biggest favours they could.
Keep up the good work Jim!
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