At last, the end of counting
Friday, 4. May 2007, 19:53:12
What a disappointing day for the Scottish Green Party. We lost five of our seats in Parliament, but gained eight in the local councils. The count in Edinburgh was the last to be concluded. I'm not sure where we go from here. In terms of governing with a majority, any coalition would require the Greens to be part of it, possibly also with Margo McDonald. But there is still the option of minority government that Labour seem to be pushing.
My main focus now is to rest. I have had a total of four hours sleep since Thursday (four more than most people at the count). It is really quite shocking how there were so many problems with the count. From what I could see of the contentious papers, most of the spoils were caused by people filling in the papers incorrectly. A lot of people were using numbering where they should have used a cross, and using crosses where they should have used numbering.
I'll be checking BBC News all day tomorrow to find out what is going on.
Full Election Results
My main focus now is to rest. I have had a total of four hours sleep since Thursday (four more than most people at the count). It is really quite shocking how there were so many problems with the count. From what I could see of the contentious papers, most of the spoils were caused by people filling in the papers incorrectly. A lot of people were using numbering where they should have used a cross, and using crosses where they should have used numbering.
I'll be checking BBC News all day tomorrow to find out what is going on.
Full Election Results
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