Call in the UN

SNP minister Stewart Stevenson thinks that the "Scottish people are a very sophisticated electorate". He obviously wasn't at the count in 2007. Calton was, which is why he agrees with elections expert Ron Gould that there should only be one question in the independence referendum. It would also help if the voting instructions were clear and the illustrations correct, unlike the ones sent out by North Lanarkshire Council for the forthcoming council elections. At least they remembered to include the ballot paper - nearly 900 Dumfries and Galloway postal voting packs didn't. Anyone would think we had only just become a democracy and hadn't quite got the hang of how to run elections! If things don't improve we will need to call in the UN electoral observers to ensure a free and fair vote.