There has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth in the wake of the consultation processes launched by the UK and Scottish governments over the referendum.

The Scottish Office has confirmed that a sizeable chunk of their 3000 or so respondents used a Labour website portal.

And, in Edinburgh, Cabinet Secretary Bruce Crawford revealed  that not only did the Scottish Government’s referendum consultation allow anonymous submissions, but that – shock! – they had received quite a few of them ahead of Friday's deadline.

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