As you recover from another hard week at work or leisure, spare a thought, please, for those former MPs now trying to find a new path in life.

Mhairi Black is one. After deciding not to stand again, the ex-MP is trying her hand as a stand-up comedian with a show at the Fringe no less. “Politics Isn’t for Me”, is at the Gilded Balloon at the Museum. For the measly sum of £13 you can get the inside story on wicked Westminster and the creatures that thrive within.

Haud me back, you say? Don’t be like that. Ms Black fills a whole hour with recollections of her time at Westminster. Funnily enough, that’s the same amount of time her critics say she spent in the Commons. One of her foes, the now Secretary of State for Scotland, Ian Murray, once said she had “the worst attendance and voting record in parliament”.

In typically forthright style, Ms Black hits back at her detractors, revealing that she was diagnosed with ADHD in 2018. On the advice of her doctor she took time off, only for the carping to start again.

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"I can expect it off Twitter and all the rest of it, but there were actual politicians who were just putting the boot into me, saying ah, she's lazy. Look at her voting record. That's terrible. She's no representing her constituency right; there should be a recall.”

Well, her show certainly sounds like like a hoot and half. The routine also includes observations about her colleague Joanna Cherry, JK Rowling, and Alex Salmond, and she describes the Commons’ serjeant at arms as a four-letter word “with a sword”.

I for one wish this chuckle sister all the best with her new stage career.

Wonder if she can juggle?