Soo koob maqaalka:  Nick Clegg ayaa maanta ku booriyay taageerayaasha Labour iyo Tory inay si xeeladeysan u codeeyaan si ay u joojiyaan Alex Salmond. Tallaabo aan caadi aheyn, hogaamiyaha Lib Dem wuxuu ku booriyay tartamayaashiisa inay ka caawiyaan Mr Salmond inuu joojiyo 'ku soo bandhiga waxyaabaha' Westminster. Wasiirkii hore ee Scottish-ka ayaa rajeynaya inuu ku soo laabto Golaha Shacabka isagoo xildhibaan u ah Gordon isagoo meesha ka saaraya Lib Dems oo kursiga haystay in ka badan 30 sano. Nick Clegg, oo maanta booqday shirkadda soo saarta qalabka quusitaanka ee Divex Global ee Aberdeen, ayaa ku booriyay taageerayaasha xisbiyada iska soo horjeeda inay ka caawiyaan joojinta Alex Salmond inuu dib ugu laabto baarlamaanka. Ra'yi ururintu waxay muujineysaa in xisbiga Lib Dems uu ku dhow yahay in laga tirtiro Scotland, iyadoo ay ku jiraan shaqsiyaad sare oo ay ku jiraan wasiirka maaliyadda Danny Alexander oo ay ku hanjabeen taageero sii kordheysa ee xisbiga SNP. Mr Salmond wuxuu doortay in uu ku tartamo doorashada Gordon, halkaasoo halyeeyga Lib Dem Sir Malcolm Bruce uu iska casilay. Maanta Mr Clegg wuxuu olole ka waday Scotland, waxaa kamid ahaa booqasho uu ku tagay shirkad soo saarta qalabka quusitaanka ee Aberdeen. Alex Salmond ayaa doortay in uu ku tartamo doorashada Gordon, halkaasoo uu ka fariisanayo Sir Malcolm Bruce oo ka tirsan xisbiga Lib Dems. Wuxuu ka hadlay taageerada musharaxa cusub ee Lib Dem ee Gordon, Christine Jardine. Wuxuu ka codsaday "dhammaan codbixiyayaashaas, waxaa laga yaabaa inay yihiin codbixiyayaasha shaqada, waxaa laga yaabaa inay yihiin codbixiyayaasha Muxaafidka ah, laakiin codbixiyayaasha oo si fudud u doonaya in codkooda uusan u qaadan doonin inuu yahay mid la siiyay Alex Salmond". Wuxuu intaas ku daray: 'Haddii aad rabto inaad joojiso Alex Salmond jeebka codkaaga oo aad ku cayaarto si aad u muujiso alaabtiisa masraxa Westminster, habka kaliya ee lagu joojin karo waa inaad ugu codeyso Christine Jardine inuu noqdo xildhibaanka soo socda ee Gordon.' Sir Malcolm wuxuu Gordon u qabtay xisbiga Lib Dems tan iyo 1983, laakiin baaxadda caqabadda hortaagan xisbiga Mr Clegg waxaa lagu muujiyey ra'yi ururin uu sameeyay Lord Ashcroft bishii Janaayo taas oo SNP ku dhigtay 43 boqolkiiba halka Lib Dems ay ku dhigtay 26 boqolkiiba. Mr Clegg wuxuu ka digay in xisbiga SNP uu doonayo inuu dib u furo "xanuunadii hore" ee ka dhashay ololihii aftidii kala qaybsanaanta ee madaxbannaanida ee kala qeybiyay qoysaska, saaxiibtinimada iyo bulshooyinka. Hogaamiyaha xisbiga Lib Dems ayaa yiri: 'Doorashooyinkii la qabtay waxay qaateen bilooyin iyo sanado, waxay ahayd...
Hogaamiyaha xisbiga Liberal-Democracy ayaa codsi aan caadi aheyn u diraya xisbiyada kale ee ay xafiiltamaan. Alex Salmond oo isku dayaya in uu noqdo xildhibaan ka dib markii uu iska casilay xilka wasiirka koowaad sanadkii hore. Clegg wuxuu ku faanay in Lib Dems ay heli karaan xildhibaano badan oo Scottish ah marka loo eego kuwa Labour.