Thank you WW, and thank you Rox-
I actually agree that the whole of the UK. should have a say in the potential break up of our UK, it just does not make sense that a small number of voters can potentially ruin our Union.
As far as majorities go, let’s take a quick look at the SNP claim that they will win all of the seats in the Scotland Election next year, and that this will give them a mandate for another Independence referendum?,
They may very well do that, as things stand, because of constituency / electorate numbers, take a look and you will see why the SNP are desperate —-it is clear they need to work fast, before any border changes are proposed!
The SNP , in the General election before last, under the FPtP system attracted some 45% of the vote and were rewarded with 48 MP’s, whilst the other parties in Scotland attracted 55% of.the vote, so more votes than the SNP,, yet these parties only returned 11 MP’s –
SNP seats equate to around 24500 votes per MP returned, compared to The Tories with around 56% of the SNP votes yet returned only 6 MP’s , which equates to 115000 votes per MP, and the LibUndems ,needed 66000 votes for each MP, and then, Labour which attracted some 500,000 plus votes, yet only returned 1 MP- that is inequitable , and unsustainable of course in the modern era!