A Liberal Red Herring

James reports – and since it’s James doing the reporting there’s no reason to doubt him – that some of the strongest opposition to doing a deal with the Tories came from Scottish Lib Dem MPs. Apparently the poor lambs think they could be wiped out if they were tarred with the Tory brush.

I assume that they are fretting about the Holyrood elections next year, not the next Westminster election (though of course, all the jockeying and manoevering must be judged in the light of its potential impact on that contest). Because let’s have a look at their Scottish seats:

Gordon: LD 36, SNP 22, Labour 20

Aberdeenshire West: LD 38, Con 30, SNP 15

Caithness: LD 41, Labif  24, SNP 19

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Inverness: LD 40, Lab 22, SNP 18

Ross, Skye & Lochaber: LD 52, Lab 15, SNP 15

Argyll & Bute: LD 31, Con 24, Lab 22

Dunbartonshire East: LD 38, Lab 34, Con 15