Bad form

On 23 May a Danish resident of Scotland, who has been here since 1992, went to vote in the European Parliament election, along with her Scottish husband and son. She had previously phoned after her husband and son received polling cards in the post but she did not. She was told one had been sent and she should come and vote.

She was not allowed to vote, though her husband and son were, on the grounds that she had not filled in a form – which she had not seen or heard of – to say that she would not be voting in her country of citizenship. This had not been a problem in previous Euroelections. It seems that there have been thousands of other “Europeans”, on the electoral register, throughout the UK, prevented from voting on similar grounds.

Should this invalidate the election? In my view it should, and t he voters concerned should get a fulsome apology – but I expect the UK authorities to ignore it or wriggle out of it.

DAVID STEVENSON

Blacket Place, Edinburgh

The result has still to come but there is very little doubt that the SNP will get the majority of the Euro elections vote in Scotland and I would venture, ironically, the vast majority of their supporters would have voted for them even if the party had decided to amalgamate with Nigel Farage.

Years ago t he SNP would complaint hat a monkey would be elected if chosen as a Labour candidate in a Scottish seat. It is only now I am beginning to appreciate the political blindness of so many in this country and realise the real truth in that remark.

ALEXANDER MCKAY

New Cut Rigg, Edinburgh