Election

Electronic vote scanning has cocked up the counting, with up to 7% of votes spoiled. Aberdeen has suspended counting because of the proportion of voting papers rejected by the scanner.

Surely an error detected anywhere in the voting and counting system is proof that the whole is suspect. Bring out the grannies, sit them at a table and feed them small aliquots of sherry all night while they count votes the old way, where there can be no systematic errors. In fact, suspend the whole voting debacle. Just have the grannies in place of a parliament.