Ka taƙaita labarin:  Nick Clegg a yau ya roki Labour da magoya bayan Tory da su kada kuri'a ta hanyar dabara don dakatar da Alex Salmond a waƙoƙinsa. A wani mataki da ba a saba gani ba, shugaban Lib Dem ya bukaci abokan hamayyarsa da su taimaka wajen dakatar da Mista Salmond daga 'nuna kayansa' a Westminster. Tsohon Firayim Ministan na Scotland yana fatan dawowa majalisa a matsayin dan majalisa na Gordon ta hanyar kawar da 'yan Lib Dems wadanda suka rike kujerar sama da shekaru 30. Nick Clegg, wanda a yau ya ziyarci masana'antun kayan aikin nutsewa Divex Global a Aberdeen, ya bukaci magoya bayan jam'iyyun adawa da su taimaka wajen hana Alex Salmond komawa majalisa. Bincike ya nuna cewa Lib Dems na fuskantar kusan kawar da su a Scotland, tare da manyan mutane ciki har da ministan Baitulmalin Danny Alexander a karkashin barazana daga karuwar goyon baya ga SNP. Mista Salmond ya zabi tsayawa takara a mazabar Gordon, inda tsohon dan Lib Dem Sir Malcolm Bruce ke sauka. A yau Mista Clegg yana yakin neman zabe a Scotland, ciki har da ziyarar wani kamfanin kera kayan nutsewa a Aberdeen. Alex Salmond ya zabi tsayawa takara a mazabar Gordon, inda tsohon dan Lib Dem Sir Malcolm Bruce ke sauka. Ya yi magana don tallafawa sabon dan takarar Lib Dem a Gordon, Christine Jardine. Ya yi kira ga "duk waɗannan masu jefa kuri'a, za su iya zama masu jefa kuri'a na Labour, za su iya zama masu jefa kuri'a na Conservative, amma masu jefa kuri'a waɗanda kawai ba sa son Alex Salmond ya ba da kuri'arsu". Ya kara da cewa: 'Idan kuna son dakatar da Alex Salmond daga yin aljihun ku da kuma rawa don nuna kayansa a kan dandalin Westminster, hanya daya tilo da za a dakatar da shi ita ce ta zabi Christine Jardine a matsayin dan majalisar na gaba na Gordon.' Sir Malcolm ya riƙe Gordon don Lib Dems tun 1983, amma girman ƙalubalen da jam'iyyar Mista Clegg ke fuskanta an nuna shi ta hanyar binciken da Lord Ashcroft ya yi a watan Janairu wanda ya sanya SNP a kashi 43 cikin ɗari tare da Lib Dems a kashi 26 cikin ɗari. Mista Clegg ya yi gargadin cewa jam'iyyar SNP na son sake bude "tsoffin raunuka" daga yakin neman zaben raba gardama na 'yancin kai wanda ya lalata iyalai, abota da al'ummomi. Jagoran Lib Dem ya ce: 'An yi yakin neman zaben ne tsawon watanni da shekaru, ya kasance...
Shugabar jam'iyyar Lib Dem ta yi kira da ba a saba yi ba ga abokan hamayyarta. Alex Salmond ya nemi zama dan majalisa bayan ya yi murabus a matsayin Firayim Minista a bara. Clegg ya yi alfahari da cewa Lib Dems za su iya barin'yan majalisun Scotland fiye da Labour.