From: smaill@SPAMinf.ed.ac.uk   
      
   Nicholas Benjamin  writes:   
      
   > On Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 4:43:38 AM UTC-4, soupdragon wrote:   
   >> doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) wrote   
   ...   
   >> > SNP sweeps Sctoland with the others getting 1 seat each.   
   >>   
   >> And, just to clarify. The Scottish parliament has 5 parties, not 3. It   
   >> did have 6 until Sheriden's SSP went into melt down. UKIP have made no   
   >> headway in Scotland and have no representatives, so they don't count   
   >   
   > So we're talking about an election to the UK Parliament, which is   
   > first-past-the-post; and you're using numbers from the elections to   
   > the MMP Scots Parliament?   
   >   
   > My friend, you have truly mastered the art   
   > of fuzzy logic.   
   >   
   > In the UK Parliamentary election, which is the one we are actually   
   > talking about, there are three parties and a guy from Dumfries. The   
   > three parties are Labour,. the LibDems, and the SNP. Thaty is a   
   > three-party system.   
      
   Let's see Conservatives, LibDems, Labour, SNP --   
   that makes 4.  (the Conservatives got more votes in Scotland   
   than the LibDems;  Con, LibDem and Labour have 1 seat each.)   
   Not to mention that the UK parliament has Green and UKIP MPs (and NI   
   parties).   
      
      
   >   
   > Nick   
      
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