Lib Dems need to speak to Tories about Fiscal Autonomy

Scotsman: Lib Dems seek SNP deal

http://www.scotsman.com/news/Lib-Dems-seek-SNP-deal.6329080.jp

Tavish fears that his new coalition Government will prove as popular as poison with Scots voters so he obviously now wants to re-position himself and his party.

If the unionists set up a "no independence" group ie Calman then it cannot by definition be big enough for the SNP. It was in actual fact an attempt to undermine the SNP national conversation which was designed specifically to discuss all options for Scotland including fiscal autonomy (FA) and independence.

FA has been a logical SNP demand for years as a stepping stone to independence. Calman wanted to take powers back from Scots and provide some unusable powers in exchange (along with a few irrelevant ones).

The Liberal Democrats signed up for this deal with the devil. Scotland was never first in their priorities.

If more powers are on offer then we should take them but we should not give any back nor should we accept anything which ultimately weakens our position within the current set up.

If Tavish wants Fiscal Autonomy then the people he needs to convince are his new Tory pals. The SNP already have a lot more ambition for Scotland than he does or ever will.

Scotsman: Alastair Campbell's diaries: Cardinal attacked Blair 'in Papal bid'

http://www.scotsman.com/news/Alastair-Campbell39s-diaries-Cardinal-attacked.6329107.jp

Mr Campbell shows himself to be a bit of a plonker here. Not everyone is as obsessed with political power as him! Cardinal Winning would have said these things because he had principles and believed in them, something quite foreign to Labour. New Labour was ultimately a failure because it had no principles at heart and they therefore wasted their years in office.