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stolen factoids - "A few facts for you: Did you know ... that the combined Labour and Tory vote is less than two-thirds of the electorate for the first time since 1918?
... that the general election in Scotland might as well have not taken place since, with all the results in, barring one, not a single seat has changed hands against a baseline of 2005 ...
.. what "bellwether" means, as in a bellwether seat? According to wikipedia, the term is derived from the Middle Englishbellewether and refers to the practice of placing a bell around the neck of a castrated ram (a wether) leading its flock of sheep. The movements of the flock could be noted by hearing the bell before the flock was in sight."
I would rather be Gordon Brown than that Ram with a bell round my neck!
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