"The vote in Glasgow East which you cite was not on whether or not Scotland should be Independent."

Very true, equally true is that it was an opportunity for the electorate of Glasgow East to vote for the political party that espouses Scottish independence. It was an opportunity for the electorate of Glasgow East to demonstrate their support for Scottish independence. The support demonstrated and translated into votes on the day amounted to 18.2% of the electorate - Roughly 1 in 5.

"You have also skewed the figures(your figures) You assume that the fifty-eight percent who did not vote would all have been anti-independence."

Not at all, the voting returns for the Glasgow East constituency shows that when given the opportunity to vote for the SNP, the electorate of that Constituency chose as follows:

- 57.75% of them couldn't be bothered to vote at all, i.e. not interested in the political process at all, not even in the interests of Scottish independence. Nothing assumed about that at all Akenaton.

- 24.05% of them voted for political parties other than the SNP.

- 18.2% voted for the SNP.

Voice of the people eh?? Earthquake LOL!