AS Liz Truss’s circus show of a premiership comes to an end, it is worth remembering that at no point during her short stay in No 10 did she pick up the phone and call First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
It would be fair to say that there is no love lost there, as Sturgeon tweeted that she would prefer just to wait until the next PM entered office for that chat.
With that in mind, it’s worth looking back at all the times that Truss claimed she would get the better of Sturgeon.
Claiming she would "ignore" the FM
In the protracted Tory leadership race over the summer, Truss was full of bluff and bluster and was directing much of it Sturgeon’s way.
Taking a brief reprise from her "child of the Union" Schtick, Truss claimed she would "ignore" Sturgeon if she became PM.
She said: "I think the best thing to do with Nicola Sturgeon is ignore her.
"She's an attention seeker, that's what she is.”
Ironically, it was Truss that would go on to grab the attention of the press with a relentless barrage of U-turns, resignations and crises.
Accusing Nicola Sturgeon of "agitating" on independence
When in doubt with the Tory faithful, attack the Scottish Government – or so it seemed when Truss was making her bid to be PM.
Taking aim at the renewed bid for another indyref, Truss accused Sturgeon of "agitating" on independence and using it as a means of neglecting other issues.
She said: “I believe in politicians keeping their promises, and Nicola Sturgeon should keep her promise. What she should do, rather than agitating for another referendum, is dealing with the very real issues in Scotland.
“There is a backlog in the Scottish National Health Service – I know that is a priority for the Scottish people and that is what we should be talking about, that is what the Scottish Government should be dealing with.”
If there is one thing that Truss will be remembered for, it will be her U-turns and breaking the pledges she made on her road to No 10.
It is amazing, then, to see her accuse Sturgeon of her own favourite sin.
Holding the Scottish Government "to account"
Truss’s attitude, for whatever it was worth, on devolution was at best patronising and at worst unconstitutional.
Her pledge to hold the Scottish Government accountable “for its failure” on public services has aged poorly.
She said: “For too long, people in Scotland have been let down by the SNP focusing on constitutional division instead of their priorities. That won’t happen under my watch.”
She added: “I’ll make sure that my government does everything to ensure elected representatives hold the devolved administration to account for its failure to deliver the quality public services, particularly health and education, that Scottish people deserve.
“As Prime Minister and Minister for the Union, I will deliver on my ambitious plan to capitalise on the opportunity we have to turbocharge the growth and business investment required to get Scotland’s economy moving.”
Instead, on Truss’s watch, we saw the pound fall to its lowest ever value against the dollar, pensions fund at risk of complete collapse and not a single phone call made to Holyrood’s most senior politician.
Whether this played into what the “Scottish people deserve” is anyone’s guess.
Calling on Scotland to “mirror” her mini-budget
Just three weeks ago, Truss, believing that the First Minister’s own economic strategy required input, suggested that Sturgeon “mirror” her own mini-budget - the same measures that prompted the sacking of her chancellor and sparked her descent into unabridged chaos.
She said: "I believe that by improving infrastructure, by reducing taxes we can really turbocharge the Scottish economy. I'm keen to work with Nicola Sturgeon on that."
Truss’s own tax cuts were subsequently ripped out of her mini-budget once Jeremy Hunt took the reigns of the UK Government’s economic strategy.
It is of some relief, and no surprise, that Sturgeon kept her own counsel.
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