OK, it gets worse.... In the Caol & Mallaig contest, the Conservative Cndidate got 18 first preferences. That's just 0.75% of the votes. Less than 1% for a Conservative candidate in the Scot… (View Post)

Yes, I was right. The Conservatie candidate got 45 first preferences in Tainnand Easter Ross - that's just under 2% of the first preference votes cast. (Lib Dem 38%, Ind 28%, SNP 14%, RefUK 12% … (View Post)

Not sure if I herard the figures correctly, so please DYOR, but it looks like the Tories did spectacularly badly in the Taain and Easter Ross by election. The Lib Dems won on Stage 6 with over 900 fi… (View Post)

Here's something for the connoisseurs amongst us........ Highland Council is live-streaming the STV counts for the two by elections in Ward 7 (Caol & Mallaig) and Ward 11 (Tain & Easter … (View Post)

The other day, in the Times, a below-the-line commentator referred to Chris Mason as the Uriah Heep of British political correspondents. That image is going to stick with me...... (View Post)