The famous five.

So, the names of the five Labour MSPs (out of the Peoples' Party's 46 Members of the Scottish Parliament) who didn't support Wendy Alexander's nomination as Scottish Labour Leader have been revealed with some unexpected inclusions.

They were: former Labour Leader Jack McConnell MSP (unsurprising), members of the Campaign for Socialism, Bill Butler MSP and Elaine Smith MSP, Edinburgh MSP Sarah Boyack MSP who was "out of the country," and Glasgow MSP Johann Lamont MSP who apparently didn't nominate Wendy because ... she wasn't asked "personally."

This revelation suggests all sorts of things. Firstly, the Campaign for Socialism allegedly boasted five MSPs as members, but only two of them, Butler and Smith declined to support Ms Alexander. Secondly, Wendy must have voted for herself, which is was a very North Korean type of thing to do given that her victory was never in any doubt and she got 41 votes out of 46, clearly not taking any chances then. And thirdly, it means that the Campaign for Socialism Labour MSP members Marilyn Glen, Cathy Peattie and Patricia Ferguson clearly balked more at the idea of opposing a one of their "sisters" than they did supporting an arch-Blairite right winger.

So where exactly does the Campaign for Socialism go now given that it cannot even rely on the active support of the handful of MSPs it claimed as members? The answer is clearly "nowhere," which is where it was going in the first place, only they probably didn't anticipate just how quickly they would get there.