Looking at the election map

[andrewducker]

The Conservatives really, really should be taking an interest in The West Lothian Question.  And the other parties should be staggeringly interested in PR.

Because England is resoundingly Tory when it comes to seats, but not when it comes to votes.

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[blearyboy.livejournal.com]

If you remove Scotland from the equation, there are 591 seats in the Commons, meaning a party requires 296 for a majority.

Tories have 294 seats at the time of writing, only one of which is in Scotland. So in the UK-Scotland paliament, they only need another 3 seats to claim the majority (they should be good for at least another 10 seats).

Basically, the Hung Parliament is entirely down to the Scottish and the tremor of fear they feel when they recall the Thatcher years.

Go Scotland!