I reckon the SNP have created a special department in Victoria Quay for emails from Westminster Manadarins that mention the Scotland Act. Immediately they're vetted, and filed according to issue, and then whenever there's a quiet news day, a byelection coming up, or leadership election in another party, Scotlands biggest personality cult 'leaks' another batch to the Scottish press with a careful quote from an 'SNP insider,' pointing out Westminster foot dragging.

Well, I say zero tolerance to domestic [political] violence. Alex is going to have to learn to take responsibility for his own actions instead of going back to Westminster for another beating when he's feeling low. Crying to the kids for sympathy won't help. They don't know who to believe. And maybe in years to come they'll turn against him when they realise that he lied to them about his real problems.

Anyway, I've probably taken that too far. In this particular case, I don't care about who's slapping who down or who does the work - I just want to know whether building an interconnector to Norway is actually a feasible idea. Can we afford it? Will it help us to make the most of our renewable energy resources? Will it promote competition in our deregulated energy markets? Is anyone in Westminster or Edinburgh working on answering those questions?

I wonder how long it will be before Scots get tired of this style of grievance politics? However the SNP try to spin these leaks, these underhand tactics from Victoria Quay surely do nothing to build constructive working relationships between the officials of our different levels of government. Are they really acting in the interests of Scots? Or just in the interests of the SNP?