i don't really get this 'vote snp and you get the tories' it looks likely there will be a large group of snp at westminster and they will -as they should-try to make their presence felt. were labour to accept that they have got things wrong in scotland (particularly in working with tories) but are set to be in a position to form a government with snp support, they could say -we have got differences but have many things in common, let's see what we can do together to try and make a fairer society. of course it would annoy murdoch and the mail and cameron and osborne (so worth doing in itself) labour could get a load of credit in the rest of england and wales by standing above the pathetic and embarrassing westminster squabbling. the stoking of anti-scottish sentiment is dangerous and cynical - if it is successful it will lead to the break up of the union far quicker than the snp could have hoped for.

(i walk in slight trepidation of when the tyrants wake up......)