Sunday 11 October 2009

You have been warned ...

Today's 'Sunday Times' (see http://tinyurl.com/snptory) :

"Alex Salmond: I’d back Tories at Westminster

Alex Salmond has been accused of betraying Scotland after revealing he is willing to support a Conservative government in the event of a hung parliament at Westminster.

The first minister said he would co-operate with a David Cameron-led administration on key legislation ...

Last week, George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, announced £7 billion of annual savings, including a pay freeze at Whitehall departments and quangos. Holyrood would face a corresponding cut of up to £520m a year, or about £2 billion over four years."