Alex Salmond said in September 2013 that instances such as this amounted to a lack of democracy, and that "the people who live and work in Scotland are the people most likely to make the right choices for Scotland".
2013年9月，亚历克斯·萨尔蒙德表示，议席分配缺乏民主，“在苏格兰生活和工作的人，最容易为苏格兰做出正确的选择。