"Okay it may make things worse for the Tory party in Scotland by saying 'We can't win so we'll do a deal with Labour'  but Jack McConnell does such a spiffing job of doing what London tells him. We were surprised he caved so early since he has such piddling powers anyway."

"Why do you think Dave's letting the Tory MSPs say what they want since he knows they'll never have the power to do it and Jack doesn't like the thought of more responsibility either?"

"All right, yah, he might be letting his MPs take a different line in Wales but anyone who can get away with writing the last election manifesto and saying their now a green, hand wringing, liberal could get away with invading Iraq..."

"Look it's simple you vote Labour to keep the Tories out when we are in Government and then vote Labour to get the Tories out of Government when they do beat us as they always get round to doing) and get into Government."

"Okay that does't expain how voting Labour stops the Tories but it's the deal we have with them and the deal with devolution now is that we get to run Scotland with lots of some limitations and they get all the the tax money."

"It will just be the same as the 1980's but with Labour in Holyrood making the excuses for why Scotland gets shafted instead of the likes of Michael Forsyth or Ian Lang."

"I realise that may shock some Labour voters who think we are dead against the Tories but, hey, we let them do it for 18 years last time. We did save some jobs then - our own."