The Manchester Evening News reports: A Liberal Democrat councillor has been fined after he racially abused a police officer after a six-hour drinking binge.

A moment of light relief from all of today's excitement. Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg was interviewed by ITV, and they asked him how much the state pension was.  His answer?

"About £30 per week".

as detailed in the Guardian

With Labour members making speeches at the liberal confernece next week is it time we make cooperation a priority

According to this Clegg is to back the Tories in a hung parliament - I wonder what the likes of Lynne Featherstone and Sarah Teather think of his plan to slaughter their majorities for the sake of some power?

In Canada, elections are taking place almost every other year. Parties find it hard to gain a majority. Why? Due to the dominance of Bloc Quebecois in Quebec. They held 51 out of 75 seats in Quebec at the last election.

With the victory of SNP in the elections, I'm wondering whether this will translate into Scottish Westminster success. Let's be clear, Scotland is not on the road to independence, despite the Media trying to put the fear of god into people at the Ballot Box. For some people, SNP are the leftist alternative to Labour, and have shown this on Thursday. Support for independence has not shot up in 4 years. It is the consequence of the party that is making left-wingers increasingly uncomfortable to be in.

To get back to my point, Scotland will not vote yes in an independence referendum. This has been shown in Quebec, where Bloc Quebecois are the dominant party, but independence referendums fail every time. But could it be that (if the situation extended to Wales as well, if Plaid somehow became dominant) the Tories and Labour will find it hard to form a majority government, like the Liberals and Conservatives in Canada have found increasingly hard to do.