Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Nick Clegg nhasi akakumbira vatsigiri veLabour neTory kuti vavhote nenzira yokuronga kuti vamise Alex Salmond. Muchiito chisina kujairika zvikuru, mutungamiri weLib Dem akakurudzira vakwikwidzi vake kuti vabatsire kumisa VaSalmond kubva 'pakuratidzira zvinhu zvavo' muWestminster. Aimbova Gurukota Rokutanga reScotland anotarisira kudzokera kuCommons seMP yaGordon nokudzinga maLib Dems avo vakabata chigaro ichi kwemakore anopfuura 30. Nick Clegg, uyo nhasi ashanyira mugadziri wemidziyo yokudonha Divex Global muAberdeen, akakurudzira vatsigiri vemapato anokwikwidza kuti vabatsire kumisa Alex Salmond kudzokera kuParamende. Nzvero dzinoratidza kuti maLib Dems ari kutarisana nokutsakatika muScotland, nevanhu vakuru vanosanganisira gurukota rezvemari Danny Alexander vari kutyisidzirwa nokuwedzera kwokutsigirwa kweSNP. VaSalmond vakasarudza kumira mudunhu reGordon, uko murwi weLib Dem Sir Malcolm Bruce ari kusiya basa. Nhasi VaClegg vanga vachiita mushandirapamwe muScotland, kusanganisira kushanyira mugadziri wemidziyo yokudonha muAberdeen. Alex Salmond akasarudza kumira mudunhu reGordon, uko murwi mukuru weLib Dem Sir Malcolm Bruce ari kusiya basa. Akataura achitsigira musarudzo mutsva weLib Dem muGordon, Christine Jardine. Akakumbira "kuvhoti dzose idzodzo, vangave vavhoti veLabour, vangave vavhoti veConservative, asi vavhoti avo vasingadi kuti vhoti yavo iitwe seyakagamuchirwa naAlex Salmond". Akawedzera kuti: 'Kana muchida kumisa Alex Salmond kutora mavhoti enyu uye kutamba achibuda kuti azviratidze zvinhu zvake pachikuva cheWestminster, nzira bedzi yokumumisa ndeyokuvhotera Christine Jardine seMutevedzeri weParamende anotevera waGordon.' Sir Malcolm akanga akachengeta Gordon nokuda kweLib Dems kubvira muna 1983, asi ukuru hwechinetso chakatarisana nebato raVaClegg hwakaratidzwa neongororo yaLord Ashcroft munaJanuary iyo yakaisa SNP pa43 muzana neLib Dems pa26 muzana. VaClegg vakanyevera kuti SNP yaida kuvhurazve "maronda ekare" kubva mushandirapamwe wekusarudza rusununguko rwekusarudza rusununguko rwakanga rwaita kuti mhuri, ushamwari uye nharaunda zvive zvakaoma. Mutungamiri weLib Dem akati: 'Referendamu iyoyo yakarwiwa kwemwedzi nemakore, yakanga iri...
Mutungamiri weLib Dem anoita chikumbiro chisina kujairika nokuda kwebetsero kubva kuvapikisi vebato. Alex Salmond achikwikwidza kuva MP mushure mokurega kuva Gurukota Rokutanga gore rapera. Clegg anozvirumbidza kuti maLib Dems angasiiwa aine maScotish MPs akawanda kudarika maLabour.