Leaflets from each party at my house
Labour 10
SNP 0
Tories 0
LibDems 0
Since every seat in Scotland is now a marginal i'm not sure what that tells me.
That Labour are panicking. Big time.
I think I've already said that I'm currently with my family in the previous safest Labour seat in the UK, Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill. Previously we got just one or two leaflets, presumably the freebie that all parties get. Labour could have stuck a red rosette on a donkey and it'd have got in. Indeed, some could argue that's exactly what they did.
Clearly you cannot say that any involvement of the SNP is undemocratic, however I personally don't want to see them form part of government because of the fact that they don't believe in the very existence of a UK government, and of course the Scottish Parliament has significantly more power than the rest of the UK and will no doubt get more power going forward.
Unfortunately, plenty of people claim that the SNP's involvement is undemocratic for that very reason. Another thing that perhaps drives the SNP vote is the assertion that we're "better together", but if we don't vote the way England want us to vote (Labour or Tory) then there'll be "chaos".
I see no reason why the SNP can't take a full part in any parliament and government as the case may be.
Indeed,
if they do get over 50 seats in Scotland, no government could claim to have a mandate in Scotland without at least some level of support from the SNP.
Does anyone in Scotland complain about the voting system for the Scottish Parliament and wish they had FPTP?
Never heard a complaint about it. Aside from when the SNP won a majority, when people complained that they were "assured "that the system would not allow a majority (which is nonsensical - it makes a majority less likely but far from impossible).
Never heard a complaint about STV either, which is used in our council elections.