First the good news. Devolution is not under as big a threat as some fear. When David Frost, the arrogant unelected right wing Tory peer who messed up the Brexit deal, used current SNP difficulties to say it should be rolled back, even the Scottish Tories disowned his opportunist intervention.

It goes without saying that anybody under suspicion of criminality is entitled to the presumption of innocence. It’s a cornerstone of the rule of law in a democratic society and it also makes good sense. In recent times we have seen commentators ending up with egg on their faces when they assumed that a leading political figure was guilty only for a jury to acquit him of all charges after actually hearing the evidence.

As Easter approaches, I found myself thinking about Alastair Campbell’s famous advice to Tony Blair – “We don’t do God”. Our new FM changed all that in Scotland when he posted a photo of himself and his family praying in Bute House at the end of their daily Ramadan fast. It was an arresting image illustrating the diversity of modern Scotland although some people did wonder whether Kate Forbes leading her family in Christian prayer would have met with a similarly positive reaction.

To the victor the spoils.  Humza Yousaf won, and he has decided to fashion a government of his supporters, vanquishing the losers and their supporters to the backbenches, notwithstanding the loss from government of some of the SNP’s best talents in Holyrood. Of course, that is his right, and it may well turn out to be the best thing for him to have done. Time will tell. However, there is a lesson from recent history that when, after a divisive campaign, you are on the winning side with a win as narrow as 52%/48%, the best thing to do is to reach out and take some at least of the losing side with you.