Any LibDem/Unionist pact in Scotland should immediately scupper a Plaid/LibDem one.

Following yesterday's  piece on a Plaid/LibDem pact for what is expected a General Election before Christmas, come accusations of  Unionist pact in Scotland , between the Tories and LibDem's against the SNP.


The Daily Record reports that

The Lib Dems have denied reports the party has done a deal with the Tories to form a " Better Together -type' electoral pact to help stop the SNP winning Scottish seats at a snap general election.
Willie Rennie, the leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, insisted there was "no pact" between his party and the Conservatives - saying the Lib Dems are "opposed to Brexit and Boris Johnson and won't be doing anything to support them".
He took to Twitter to deny reports that talks were "ongoing" between the parties to ensure the SNP does not have a "clean sweep" of Westminster seats.
Recalling how the Liberal Democrats had gone into coalition government with David Cameron after the 2010 election, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted: "Leopards - and it seems Liberals - don't change their spots.

According to this they're in election talks with the Tories?! Remember this the next time you hear the Scottish Lib Dems claim that they are anti Tory."
Rennie replied, telling the SNP leader: "Wrong - no pact between us and Conservatives.
"We are opposed to Brexit and Boris Johnson and won't be doing anything to support them."
Liberal Democrat Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael admitted the two parties did talk to each other but insisted no electoral deal had been agreed.
The former Scottish secretary said: "We all talk to each other of course, but there's no pact.
"It's not actually necessary, voters in Scotland are pretty good at working that out for themselves who to vote for if they want to remain in the UK."

But SNP MP Martin Docherty-Hughes said: "The Lib Dems are showing their true colours by preparing to jump right back into bed with their old Tory chums in a pathetic attempt to stop the UK's largest anti-Brexit party gaining traction at a general election."
He added: "Let's not beat about the bush - the Lib Dems have sold out their principles before and given the chance they'll do exactly the same again to serve their own self interests."Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson is one of the MPs in danger of losing her seat if there is a large swing towards the SNP in a General Election.
Swinson was a minister in the coalition government with the Tories and voted through controversial policies such as tuition fees and the Bedroom Tax.

Plaid need to seek assurances that such a pact in Scotland  Formal or Informal does not exist and will not exist , in the near future in ant Scottish Constituency before signing anything.

True Plaid and the SNP  should both pursue the course that is best for them and their separate nations respectively .

However it would be disastrous for Plaid to do a deal with the  Lib Dems   whilst the latter are doing murky deals with the Tories and maybe Labour in a Unionist pact directed against our allies.