I'm a "pointy-headed nerd"

According to Scotland on Sunday "Five years ago only pointy-headed nerds knew about the West Lothian Question and "asymmetrical devolution". Today, the man on the Clapham omnibus probably still doesn't know or even care where West Lothian is - but he does want to know why Scots are being offered "free" university education, prescriptions and care for the elderly when he still has to pay."

I am sorry to say that I did know about the West Lothian question a darn sight longer than 5 years ago and I think that is not a sign of pointy headedness but political awareness.