Thankfully, the UK Electorate has seen sense in demonstrating its overwhelming opposition to 'Alternative Voting'.

Concurrently, Alec Salmond and the SNP have won a clear mandate to govern north of the border ... boosting the Party's [longer term] visions of *Scotland becoming independent.

But ... like [still] many of my fellow countrymen (and women - lest anyone accuse me of being sexist! ) I hope and that such a split will *NEVER be allowed to happen!