History holds a sobering lesson for Lib Dems

This article was first written for and published by The Scotsman

It was Disraeli who claimed Britain did not love coalitions. Actually, he said England did not love coalitions – an important detail.

But more than 150 years later, David Cameron and Nick Clegg are about to try to prove him wrong.

In truth, the idea of a coalition government is less radical than some London commentators might have us believe. In some ways, their shocked tones reflect a simple lack of awareness of the fact the formation of the Con-Lib coalition could be seen as the Westminster parliament dipping its toe in the water of a "new politics" pioneered in Scotland by Jim Wallace and the late Donald Dewar some years ago...

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