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   From: gailleann@teinntreach.net   
      
   Ian wrote:   
   > On 5 May, 02:24, StormWind  wrote:   
   >> The stunning success of the SNP in Alba (Scotland) - now the biggest   
   >> party in the Scottish Parliament with a mandate to hold a referendum for   
   >> a free Alba.   
   >   
   > Bollocks they have a mandate. On a third of the vote?   
   >   
   > Ian   
   >   
      
   SNP were the ONLY winners and they did so magnificently - all the others   
   lost seats to them and in spades, now that's a mandate: the electorate   
   has spoken !!!   
      
   SNP  	21  	26  	+20  	47   
   LAB 	37 	9 	-4 	46   
   CON 	4 	13 	-1 	17   
   LD 	11 	5 	-1 	16   
   Others 	0 	3 	-14 	3   
      
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