WE all recognise that there's a lot Boris Johnson doesn't understand - or know - about Scotland.
But you think he'd take the time to learn the name of the party that took a number of seats from the Scottish Tories just a few weeks back ...
During PMQs this afternoon SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford took the Prime Minister to task over some of his actions over the last few days, asking if he was purposefully trying to imitate US President Donald Trump.
He asked the Tory leader: "In the first few days of Brexit Britain, this Prime Minister has sacked an official, taken an isolationist approach to trade and banned the press from a Downing Street briefing. Is he intentionally trying to impersonate Donald Trump?"
Of course Johnson's rambling response had zilch to do with the question Blackford had put to him.
He replied: "I don’t think anybody listening to my speech, I think it was on Monday, could have mistaken it for anything but the most passionate, internationalist, globalist, open, outward-looking approach.
"There is only one party in this country that has nationalist in their name. That’s them – they would break up – that’s them! They would break up the most successful political partnership of the last 300 years. He and his party should concentrate on the day job and doing a better job for the people of Scotland."
As we all know SNP stands for Scottish National Party - not Scottish Nationalist Party.
Blackford, unphased, replied: "Mr Speaker, the Prime Minister doesn’t even know the name of our party. The Prime Minister is on a dangerous trajectory. Is it any wonder that poll after poll shows majority support for Scottish independence?"
Exactly.
The more Johnson struggles to actually answer questions on his approach to press freedom and Trumpian tactics, the more Scottish people will see the Tory leader and the British political system for what they are.
And that's only going to boost Yes more and more.
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