The call for the SNP to dissolve the Scottish Parliament is based on the premise that an executive with a working majority can first use its powers to make a change to the parliamentary rules to reduce the two thirds majority currently required to a simple majority.

This was recently justified by the playing of a piece of video in which Alex Salmond says that this could be done.

While I am here Peter, would you have a think about the thought experiment I wrote up below?

It's not really a proposal, more of an exploration of the problem space.

Ta ;-)

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