A fascinating line from the BBC this evening:
The number of parties who got MSPs elected at the last election is… five. (Though in fairness there are now six, Reform having a single MSP after Graham Simpson defected from the Tories. The Lib Dems are even outnumbered by independents, of whom there are seven.)
Also in arithmetic news, recent figures suggest that Labour and the Lib Dems will have a total of 23 seats combined, more than 40 short of the number required to elect a First Minister with a majority. So, y’know, good luck with that, lads.
