You can't really be considered a politician of substance until you can add it to your CV.

Dean Martin once sung 'you're nobody 'til somebody loves you', but in politics you're nobody 'til somebody's egged you.

Labour leader Ed Miliband came of age this week when he was splattered in a market in London.

Now he is up there, with David Cameron, Margaret Thatcher, John Major, John Prescott, Tony Blair and Harold Wilson, who have all been hit by a crackshot with a dairy missile.

But what does it achieve for the chucker, other than a few seconds on the TV news and longer lasting bit of fame on You Tube?

Who can tell us even a few days after the event why someone fired an egg at a politician?

No, there has to be better ways to get a point across.

It's not just eggs. Tony Blair also had purple flour thrown at him from the gallery in the House Of Commons. If they had also thrown in some butter he could have baked a cake.

That was over something to do with the campaign group, Fathers 4 Justice. But how many people really remember that?

I was at secondary school when Margaret Thatcher came to visit nearby East Park Home in Maryhill.

At lunchtime we were encouraged by some protesters to come along, help create a crowd and heckle.

Then the eggs appeared and from a tray they were handed out with promptings to chuck when the car arrived. Yes, they were egging the kids on.

What was that protest about? I don't remember. Most at the time didn't even know.

Who remembers John Prescott being egged then having a punch up with a protester a few years back? Yes, who could forget.

But why did the guy risk the Prescott left jab in the first place? Answers on a postcard to the British Egg Council and, yes it does exist - but did it come before the British Poultry Council?

When Ed Miliband was hit by the egg, he laughed it off. "I'm always looking for new ways to connect with the voters," he said.

And there's the point. There are many ways to connect with politicians and they are better done in numbers.

A petition, a Facebook campaign, momentum on Twitter, they take notice of these things.

A petition to the Scottish Parliament will have a better chance of success than a pelting from a distance.

A large crowd protesting at an event will be noticed, whereas a lone assailant with a six pack of free range class As from close range can be dismissed as a disgruntled individual.

If you want to make a protest get organised, get mobilised and be remembered for the right reasons.