Vote Rigging Sensation
The Herald reports that top Russian election officials believe that Scotland's 2014 independence referendum was 'rigged'.
Interestingly this sensational allegation is backed up by not a single shred of evidence, but why let a few pesky details stand in the way of a good story, eh?
I look forward to the Kremlin's propaganda TV channel Russia Today (RT) launching a full investigation, perhaps fronted by the former Bradford West MP George Galloway who campaigned for a No vote, of course, under the slogan 'Just Say Naw'.
Maybe George could also call in a few favours from some of his chums in the Unite trade union who could draw on their experience of vote-rigging allegations in Falkirk.
SNP election landslide proves referendum result was rigged, claims Russian official
THE SNP landslide at the General Election is evidence that the 2014 independence referendum was rigged, according to Russia's top elections official.
Vladimir Churov, who heads the Central Electoral Commission, told the official Tass news agency that last September's poll - at which there were Russian monitors - should now be investigated.
Commenting on the Nationalists' emphatic victory in Scotland, the official said: "It confirms our position; that the outcome of the independence referendum in Scotland was a total falsification."
Mr Churov noted how the election results showed "the SNP, which fought for a Yes in the referendum, won far more votes now than it did then".
He went on: "We doubted that the referendum had been organised cleanly and we had observers there".
He added that he felt the scale of the SNP's success in Scotland last week "gives further cause to examine the referendum".
Mr Churov said there had been no major changes or upheavals in the time between last September and last week's election, saying: "I see no reason for such a shift in opinion".
He added: "In the election the voters were the people who actually live in Scotland and are British citizens. But in the referendum all the EU citizens were able to vote, including several dozen thousand Poles working in Scotland."
