One MP resigns the whip as £30,000 goes missing, another is set to stand trial on an independence referendum assault charge, and a Government Minister accuses his own supporters of racism, oh and there was a defence u-turn and a spending review surprise. What a week!
The SNP's #the56 merchandise was out of date after Michelle Thomson MP resigned the whip over property deal allegations. Now rising star Natalie McGarry joins Ms Thomson and Lady Hermon as an independent after campaign group Women for Independence asked police to investigate discrepancies between donations and funds in its accounts. Just as no-one expected the scale of an SNP landslide, the unravelling of two Parliamentary careers so soon has surprised everyone. All parties' selection panels for next year's Holyrood election panels will be taking note.
Labour MP for St Helens South and Whitson Marie Rimmer will stand trial in Glasgow next year accused of kicking a Yes campaigner outside a polling station on referendum day last year. In contrast, she retains the Labour whip.
UK politics played large as the defence review saw the reinstatement of maritime patrol aircraft at RAF Lossiemouth and confirmation of frigate orders for Clyde shipyards. The SNP welcome the planes, said the frigates fell short of referendum pledges, and remains opposed to the renewal of Trident knowing that conveniently splits the Labour party too.
At the Autumn Statement the Chancellor's tax credits u-turn also undermined Scottish Labour's attack on the SNP after it challenged them to match its pledge to reverse that cut. There was shock as £1bn in Carbon Capture and Storage funding was axed, while Scottish Ministers criticised an estimated 6% spending cut for Scotland and the Chancellor reminded his SNP opponents just how far oil revenues for an independent Scotland would have fallen in the past 12 months.
The post-statement analysis focused on how the Chancellor is striving to claim the centre ground in Westminster politics. He could do worse than look at how Nicola Sturgeon's done it in Holyrood, leaving her rivals to be defined by her dominance.
UK Trade Minister Lord Livingston faced calls to resign as a director of Celtic FC after he voted in favour of tax credit cuts in the Lords. Police were called in after the peer revealed some of the anti-Semitic comments he received from fans on social media. Politics and sport really don't mix.
Pollsters Ipsos MORI marked 20 years in Scotland with some fascinating research on how the country has changed in that time and what our political leaders predict for the next 20. Nicola Sturgeon said independence (natch), while Tory leader Ruth Davidson honestly believes the Scotland football team will qualify for the World Cup.
My biggest surprise this week was the number of lobbyists who haven't read the Lobbying (Scotland) Bill before Holyrood. Are you prepared for details of all phone calls, emails and conversations you have with MSPs and Ministers to be put on a public register? Do you agree that contact with civil servants and Special Advisers should be published? If you've not read it yet, how well-informed a lobbyist are you?
On a lighter note, take a look at the footage from the Scottish Politician of the Year Awards to see how British Sign Language signer Helen Dunipace finally made folk forget about those burning curtains.