Following the recent Maryfield Ward by-election, I commented in the 'Civic Scene' column in the "Evening Telegraph" that the way by-elections are handled under the Single Transferable Vote system can result in a total distortion of proportionality. The SNP has the support of fewer than half the voters in Maryfield but now has all the seats - so where's the proportionality there?I have expanded the point in the latest "Haggis, Neeps and Liberalism" item on Liberal Democrat Voice (Haggis, Neeps and Liberalism is a new-ish regular update from LibDem bloggers in Scotland and it was sort of my turn ...) - click on the headline to read more.