All last week I Tweeted my prediction that the girls, all 3 of them, would give the 4 boys a lesson in proper politics – or words to that affect.  I was not being clever, nor probably unique.  The endorsement, for me came from the number of guys who favourited and retweeted me.  Many others were predicting the same.  I have to say it was bl**dy obvious.  There was no conspiracy, no collusion just a meeting of minds and a demonstration of how girls do things – often more effectively.

Question: When girls go on a night out what is the last thing they do? Ok, that was an easy one – they make sure everyone gets home safe.  By contrast, guys split up on the steps of the pubs and go their separate ways.  Some get home, some disappear for days, some end up in a hedge in another town and there is always one who is still out there!

In a sense, that is what we saw last night.

The media love to turn everything into a contest – who won? who came last? who scored the best shot on someone else – the kind of adversarial politics we witness every Wednesday lunchtime. The object of the exercise was for each Leader to get their points across.  The winner was supposed to be the people of the UK – but not Northern Ireland.  (just as a little aside – if there is such a thing as a Scottish Labour party, where was Jim Murphy? – exactly, I rest my case.)

It must have been a horrible time for the media.  If they had dared to print or comment on anything too far short of what the public had witnessed – their cover was blown.

So, for me the highlights were clear.  The 3 girls put across their views very clearly.  There was clear uniqueness and much overlap.  I counted the number of times the girls bitched at each other – I made that zero.  They listened, they debated, they supported each other when it was relevant and they even highlighted any points where they agreed with the boys – of course that was always going to be hard.  Natalie began the debate and was a bit nervous, still cognisant of a previous performance (like none of us have every had one of these days?).  However, her message was clear and poignant and she quickly found her confidence and was back to full strength with a very strong performance.  Leanne made it very clear from the outset that she was there as the voice of Wales – that is the voice of the people of Wales let down by Ed Miliband.  Nicola, already demonised in the media for her ambition to break up the United Kingdom into small pieces ready to burn, came as the voice of the majority Governing party in Scotland but with a message for the people of England.  Her ambition is to give Scotland a stronger voice at Westminster but also to fight for just policies that she believes the people of England deserve, such as education for all based on ‘ability to learn’ not ‘ability to pay’.

On the other hand, I was relieved that the ITV authorities had searched the boys for weapons or there would have been carnage.  I know they cannot agree on everything, but surely to goodness they can agree on SOME THINGS.  That’s a no.  Cameron and Clegg have been in coalition for 5 years and last night we discovered they did not agree on ANYTHING.  Clearly, Ed Miliband had been groomed to look down the lens of the camera and make out like he is really enjoying himself.  He just looked a bit stupid at times.  In fact he was visibly shaken, and unreportedly so, for his panic every time the past was mentioned and how his lot had trashed the economy.  After ruining the economy, Ed reconciled the whole situation, the extra £1Tn core national debt, the austerity, their policy of mass uncontrolled immigration with a very sincere(ish) apology.  Not to be outdone, Nick managed to get in an apology for all the students now shackled with a life destroying debt they will never shift in their lifetime or even that of their children.  However, nice apology, your sincerity was palpable.  Cameron didn’t apologise for anything.  Perhaps he would have if he had attended the second half of the debate – what? he was there? well perhaps the right hand camera had broken down.

I was just a bit uneasy with Julie Etchingham.  Too often when one of the girls attempted a response she cut them short.  However, however, if Nick chipped in, all we heard was ‘let’s hear from Nick’.  I’m not sure if Mrs Clegg has anything to worry about – but if she has, you heard it here first?

One thing that came across loud and clear was the potency of Nicola that only 1 person in 11 in the UK can vote for her party, but not her.  Social media was alive with comments praising her performance and many commentators recognised that only the people of Scotland can vote for SNP and Nicola is an MSP not a candidate MP.

Many people in England were frustrated that they could not vote for Nicola.

So here’s the thing.  Here’s the really big thing that everybody is missing!

Remember I opened with the last thing girls do after a night out – they look after each other.  Some of my readers may remember one of my blogs where I felt the SNP should field candidates in England? perhaps not such a stupid idea?

Put these 2 points together and I have 2 conclusions.

First, the pundits are debating who the major parties will form allegiances or coalitions with.  THEY ARE MISSING BY A MILE.  DO they actually think that SNP are about to enter into any form of allegiance with Labour under a (I hate this newly created term – supply and confidence) agreement.  NOT A BIT OF IT.  The girls are heading home and on that journey, as we, and all the nation, saw clearly in evidence last night they will stick together.  It is plain, as the nose on your face, that the first allegiance has already been formed, is highly effective and and any political party that needs political support will be dealing with Natalie, Leanne and Nicola/Alex.  AND THEY BETTER HAVE A GOOD STORY!

My second point, I did not see coming.  The SNP are not going to field candidates in England – BUT THEY DON’T NEED TO.  If people in England liked what they saw last night, then they must get behind Natalie, get behind the GREENS.  In Wales they will get behind Leanne.  Together they will shake UK politics to the core – together they will make the UK a fairer society for all the countries of the United Kingdom.  I don’t know if that is the future, but that is a future, and a great place to make a start.

Let’s give them a strong numerical power base. Let’s change politics forever.  Our children will be the first to thanks us.

LET’S GIVE THEM THE TOOLS AND THEY WILL FINISH THE JOB!