Brave new electoral world

Two weeks since that election and the political map of Scotland has changed dramatically and, perhaps, for good.
The system that was designed to produce coalitions and minority governments has somehow contrived to provide us with an overall majority of 9 and a re-elected SNP government. As Mark Twain said in the phrase oft-quoted in politics, 'The people have spoken, the b***ards'.
The psephologists will be picking over the results for months, but in the real world the rest of us will be wondering what it smean for our daily lives while the recession continues to affect our pockets and our jobs.

Election

The polls have just closed in Scotland, at the end of the fourth Scottish election since the Scottish Parliament was [re]established in 1999. Predictions were for the Scottish National Party to gain the biggest number of seats, but the electoral system almost ensures no overall majority, so it will be an interesting couple of days until all of the votes are counted.