This week's big event is still to come, as Scottish Labour gathers in Edinburgh for its "biggest one-day conference we have had". It was intended as a springboard for Leader Jim Murphy and the party's General Election campaign complete with a rather engineered Clause 4 moment to amend the Scottish Labours' constitution to refer to a "democratic socialist party and a patriotic party". However, Lord Ashcroft's polling figures which continue to predict massive Labour losses to the SNP point to more of a dead cat bounce. Scottish Labour's current MPs told the PLP there should be no deal with the SNP, but how many of them will survive to hold that line?
Jim Murphy has maintained an impressive pace of announcements and activity to keep the media coverage flowing, constantly positioning himself as a 'future First Minister of Scotland', though his concentration on west central Scotland's voters suggests it's even more important to be seen as the future First Minister of Strathclyde.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon unveiled a new Scottish Government economic strategy reflecting her priorities on tackling inequality and poverty. It shows the new FM would take a more targeted approach on cutting on corporation tax cut than her predecessor, a further sign she intends to paint in policy detail rather than the broad brush of Alex Salmond. It may also fuel business fears she leans more to the redistributive left.
Liberal Democrats won a significant Holyrood vote on further scrutiny of proposals to allow more than 100 public bodies to view personal data via NHS records. "ID cards by the back door" cried LibDem leader Willie Rennie in response to Deputy First Minister John Swinney's claims it would help trace children missing from schools and taxpayers missing from the register. Why use NHS records you may ask? While Scotland's health record may be poor, its records cataloguing that poor health are impressively comprehensive.
Those who want to sound in the know are asking; is Jenny Marra the new Nicola Sturgeon? The Labour MSP is a bright, ambitious, young female lawyer holding the Government to account on the NHS in a campaign of attrition not dissimilar to Nicola Sturgeon's attacks on First Minister Jack McConnell a decade ago.
Noting Nicola Sturgeon's 100th day in office Conservative MSP Jackson Carlaw admitted he rather liked Nicola personally. He finds her very well briefed but lacking an evident sense of humour, in a less than subtle comparison to Margaret Thatcher. Ouch!
Two new grassroots campaigns emerged to posit the idea of pro-Union tactical voting to defeat SNP candidates in the General Election. Are they too little too late, or could they capitalise on the legacy of a successful if unglamorous Better Together campaign.
Holyrood's Presiding Officer Tricia Marwick is putting the finishing touches to a speech for the David Hume Institute on "New powers – is the Scottish Parliament still fit for purpose?" Judging by some of the grandstanding in recent Committee meetings, work on improving the work Parliament is very timely.
And finally, after returning to clinch referendum victory last year former PM Gordon Brown has this week turned his attention to rescuing the North Sea oil & gas industry from it current travails. He's also secured an adjournment debate next Tuesday on EU reform. And you thought you'd seen the last of him…?