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Exactly, they said they would have preferred something else. That sealed the No vote in an instant. Milliband did back the yes vote, but Labour MPs were allowed to campaign as they saw fit and more Labour MPs supported the No campaign than the Yes. It was held on the same day as local elections...

That referendum was a sham though. The Lib Dems themselves did not really want that form of electoral reform. We all knew that and voted (or not) accordingly. Clegg let himself and his party be fobbed off on that issue, and that is part of the reason they are paying such a heavy price today.

I disagree. The SNP did not run in all those places, so all those people could not vote for them. They do have more seats than they should, but they are representing the opinions of the majority of people who they have tried to represent. Listening to Farage right now, and it is the first time...

SNP votes not mostly in Scotland, ONLY in Scotland, obviously. The SNP getting that many seats is not the big problem here. They nailed it in Scotland and should have the majority of seats in Scotland. The Scottish people have overwhelmingly voted for socialist parties/policies 74.3% of Scottish...

The SNP got 1.4m votes out of a possible 4m (roughly I can only find figures including 16 and 17 year olds). UKIP got 3m out of 46m. So there is your explanation for that. Though of course you knew that really.