Ref my post 49. The population of the UK is about 63.8 million; of which 5.3 million (8%). IF the SNP win their 40 seats and end up supporting a minority government, we get the situation where a group of MPs, who we didn't have any chance of voting for, and whose whole raison d'etre is the break up of the nation, holding the rest of us to ransom. I guess it's democracy of a sort, but I'm not sure it's what it should be..