janet street-porter posted this picture on twitter with the caption ` just met nicola sturgeon lookalike out canvassing ! ' both the press and the public routinely talk about politicians in less-than-flattering terms , mocking steadman and those in private eye magazine , as well as spitting image , mock the week and have i got news for you .
in all , i 've probably received more than 600 insults , and two days later they 're still coming .
the scots could cope with a few harmless jibes about their own first minister .