Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua kitea kua inu a Alex Salmond i te 'whakapā huka' i te ahiahi. Kua pōtihia he kāwanatanga mahi e tautokohia ana e te SNP hei putanga kino rawa atu i te pōtitanga whānui - engari kua tohe a Alex Salmond ka tautoko ia i te tono a Ed Miliband mo te mana ahakoa he aha. E ono i roto i te 10 o ngā kaipōti i kī ka 'whakamate' rātau i tētahi hononga mahi-SNP. Ka whakatauritea tēnei ki te 54 ōrau e kī ana kāore rātou e hiahia ana ki tētahi whakakotahitanga o Labour-Lib Dem me te 52 ōrau e wehi ana i tētahi atu whakaaetanga i waenganui i a David Cameron me Nick Clegg, e ai ki ngā kaitirotiro a YouGov. Ahakoa te koretake o te hononga SNP-Labour, ko Mr Salmond - kua timata ki te inu waipiro mawhero i te ahiahi - kua whakakitea e mahi ana te rōpū i nga mea katoa ka taea e ia ki te hanga i a Mr Miliband hei Pirimia kia nui ai nga whakaaetanga ka taea e ia. Ka puta te whakakitenga i muri i te kī a David Cameron kua whakarerea e Mr Miliband te whakamātau ki te wikitōria i te pōtitanga, ā, kei te whakapūmau i ana tūmanako katoa ki te SNP hei āwhina i a ia ki te whakawhiti i te rārangi. I kī te Pirimia kua mau a Mr Salmond ki te rōpū mahi katoa, ā, e whakamahi ana ia i a Mr Miliband hei pouara. Ko te whakaekenga, i ngā Pātai a te Pirimia, ka puta i waenganui i ngā rangahau pōti mō te mahi e tohu ana ki tētahi wikitoria pōti nui mō te SNP. I korero a Mr Salmond ki te maheni Spectator i mua ake nei ka whakamahia e te SNP tona mana i roto i te Paremata i muri i te pooti ki te aukati i nga ngana katoa a nga Tories ki te hanga i tetahi kawanatanga iti - ahakoa kaore i tutuki i a ia te kirimana me nga mahi. Ko te whakakitenga ka whakaiti i te tūponotanga o tētahi kāwanatanga torangapu torangapu - i te wā e whakanui ana i te tūponotanga o Mr Miliband hei Pirimia. Kua oati kē te SNP ki te mahi tahi me Labour hei utu mō ngā pikinga nui o ngā whakapaunga me te mutunga o ngā patu karihi Trident o Ingarangi. Kua whakakahoretia e Labour tētahi whakakotahitanga a Labour-SNP, engari kāore i te mahi i runga i te kaupapa pōti-i-pōti mēnā kāore e taea e ia te wikitōria i ngā tūru nui hei whakahaere takitahi. Ko te kāwanatanga mahi e tautokohia ana e te SNP te putanga kino rawa atu i te pōtitanga whānui mō te nuinga o te UK...
Ka oati a Alex Salmond ki te whakamahi i te hononga ki te mahi ki te whakawhiwhi i nga whakaaetanga. I kii ia ka ngana te SNP ki te pooti i te kawanatanga Tory ahakoa he aha. Kua tīmata te kaiārahi o mua o te rōpū ki te inu i te'champagne māwhero'i te ahiahi. Kua whakakorea e te Rōpū Kaimahi tētahi whakakotahitanga ā-ture engari ehara i te whakakotahitanga pōti-i-pōti. E ono i roto i te 10 o ngā kaipōti i kī ka 'whakamate' rātau i te hononga o Labour-SNP. 54 ōrau o te hunga i kī kāore rātou e hiahia ana ki tētahi whakakotahitanga Labour-Liberal Democrat. Neke atu i te haurua ki tētahi atu whakakotahitanga Tory-Lib Dem, e ai ki a YouGov. I kii a David Cameron kua whakarerea e Ed Miliband te wikitoria i te pooti.