The day before a supposedly historic election

Election tomorrow.

SNP supporters on The Scotsman generally show themselves to be trolls and flamers, with no real facts to back up their opinions. I’ve generally given up reading the comments because of the religious-like fervour with which SNP supporters ‘attack’ the ‘Unionist’ Scotsman — at least the Labour supporter AM2 cited his sources, while most of the SNP commenters just shout and flail a lot.

(They remind me of someone I know in China, who ‘makes George Bush look like a hippie’. His tactic is to debate by volume.)

If that is your typical, average Scot, O.M.G. No wonder so many of those who have left absolutely dread the idea of coming back (perhaps also to do with the nicer weather in Asia). Anecdotal evidence only, of course.

• 2 May 2007

• Thinking