The BBC and Guard gave themselves all sorts of false hope by reporting how close were the poll returns of popular vote in the UK, forgetting that the votes by seat were different. There were claims that most people actually voted for anti-brexit parties, or against Johnson's deal at least, and calls for PR.
It seems to be the other way around when reporting the Election results in Scotland.
SNP got a large majority of seats, but a Wikipedia item shows the popular vote as follows (raw figures then percentage share) :
UKIP:3303 votes, 0.1% share of vote; SNP:1,242, 380 -- 45%; Green: 28,122 -- 1%;
LibDem: 263417 - 2.8%; Lab: 511, 838 --18.6%; Cons: 692,939 - 25.1%; Brexit Party 13,243-- 0.5%; Others: 3819 - 0.1%
So SNP actually got less than half the popular vote. Maybe those who did not vote for them supported Brexit and/or the Union (except for LibDems?) Disappointing for any new Indyref no doubt. PR for Scotland?
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