Any date you like as long as it's 2014

So, one of the outcomes of the Westminster consultation on the Independence Referendum is that the majority would rather it happened sooner than Autumn 2014. Calton got there first. Not that it makes any difference to the SNP, who are saying that we can have the referendum any time we like as long as it is Autumn 2014. ("These responses will then be considered by the Scottish government as part of the process to the referendum in 2014" - Stewart Hosie, SNP on the Holyrood consultation exercise, which is still continuing.) Not only that, but it now transpires that the Scottish Parliament's referendum consultation is wide open to gerrymandering. The SNP seem to be making a habit of this. Looks like they have been taking lessons on how to deal with a recalcitrant electorate from the Government of the Republic of Ireland, who have twice held second referendums on European treaties after getting a 'no' vote first time around. Perhaps Alex Salmond would do well to remember that the same people who voted him into power can easily vote him back out if he doesn't listen to them!