and complex decisions certainly for Scotland and very likely for EWNI. It would be better if the people of Scotland had these explained by Mr Salmond and his friends well ahead of any referendum campaign, for they would surely affect its outcome. ... It was kind of JanglyGuitarPart to suggest that my recent blogs have been "meatier" than some of those commenting on Mr Clegg and his friends. In turn I have to say that there were a lot of meaty contributions from readers too. Among them there were two from MarcusJuniusBrutus, one of which spelt out (rightly) the role of the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act in the financial crisis. The other, which I hope made prettypolly think, was on Swiss referendums. Then Boadicea, buck rogers, vaselino, barbarafrances, nzafar and yorkshireresearchinstitute weighed in with thoughtful contributions and there were some long, but I thought often misguided, exchanges on Burke. I shared the frustration of leroyjenkins at the tiresomeness of having to constantly correct or refute the "facts" manufactured or imagined by contributors from the Left. To make a mistake is forgivable. To wilfully make the same mistake over and over again is not. What is more, I was concerned that some posts seemed unable, or unwilling, to distinguish between a mob on the rampage and an election, or indeed between the baying of a mob and an assessment of public opinion. Although HugoandFreddie advised that we should assess Mr Cameron as leader of a Coalition rather than as a