"they will look the other way and deny and ignore every fault brought to light within whatever system it is that they support"

That seems an excellent description of your own ideology T.
I have never heard you admit one fault in the Capitalist system.
Will you defend your insulting remarks to me, or are they just a jumble of meaningless abuse?

What you fail to understand is that the Glasgow East contest was not a general election, it was a by-election, which traditionally receive a much lower voter turn out than a general election.
the last GE in Glasgow East polled approx 45%, while the BE polled approx 42%. An excellent turnout for a seat like Glasgow East in a By-election. Without the new impetous of the Nationalists, the turnout would have been of the order of 25%.
I repeat, to overturn a majority of 13000, in such a solid Labour seat, in such a short time, is a good gauge of the current performance of the Nats.

However even if the Nats had not been carrying all before them, the certain victory of Cameron in Westminster allied to the ineffectivness of the Scottish Labour Party will mean the Nationalists taking full power in Scotland by default.

You have been a man once already today Teribus, make it a double by admitting that the Scots are fit and ready to run their own affairs.

McGrath is correct As long as the Nationalists are in power they will keep asking the question. I expect a Yes for independence on the first ballot but if that is not achieved, the question will be asked again and again, until either the Nats are removed from office or get the answer they require.