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In Scotland, are the Lib Dems playing hard-to-get or...?

will they refuse all offers of coalition with an SNP-led Executive for fear they'll be portrayed as betrayers of the Union back in Westminster?

I thought - and still hope - the refusal to discuss while the referendum was a bit of (rather clever) initial posturing designed to let the SNP know they were no push-overs.

If the SNP offer a 'Constitutional Convention' to take the whole issue out of the Parliament for at least four years, will the Lib Dems refuse even though a similar idea is in their manifesto?

Will the SNP make such an offer, or are they scared to dilute the referendum proposal for fear of being portrayed as betrayers of the independence struggle by their supporters?

Is Scotland in for a minority administration with little power to tackle real issues - education, environment, local government reform, etc. - but plenty of time for cold war manoeuvering between the parties in Holyrood and Westminster?

Is this in the spirit of 'new politics' & PR?

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