Only joking!

Calton was just joking yesterday when he floated the idea of a Labour/Conservative coalition in Fife however it turns out that truth is stranger than fiction. It has not yet been decided who will run Fife but Aberdeen City, East Lothian and Stirling are all now in the hands of just such a coalition. Hard to envisage when Ed Milliband is going at David Cameron hammer and tongs over the Queen's Speech but there we are. Calton wonders if this new-found cooperation between the two largest unionist parties will extend to Holyrood? That might put the brakes on Alex's plans. One thing is clear - the Libdems have had it. So far, with nearly half the councils declared, they have only managed to get into power in one - Highland - as part of a 3-party coalition. There's just no way you can spin that as anything other than a wipeout. Looks like Scotland is back to three-party politics.