article_snippet.sent: First Minister hopes to make a return to the Commons as MP for Gordon by ousting the Lib Dems who have held the seat for more than 30 years.
article_snippet.sent: Polls suggest Lib Dems face near-wipeout in Scotland, with senior figures including Treasury minister Danny Alexander under threat from a surge in support for the SNP.
article_snippet.sent: veteran Lib Dem Sir Malcolm Bruce spoke out in support of new Lib Dem candidate in Gordon, Christine Jardine.
article_snippet.sent: veteran Lib Dem Sir Malcolm Bruce appealed 'to all those voters, all those voters may be Labour voters, all those voters may be Conservative voters, but voters who simply don't want to have all those voters vote taken for granted by Alex Salmond.
article_snippet.sent: veteran Lib Dem Sir Malcolm Bruce had held Gordon for the Lib Dems since 1983, but the scale of the challenge facing Mr Clegg's party was illustrated by a Lord Ashcroft poll in January which put the SNP on 43 per cent with the Lib Dems on 26 per cent.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Clegg's said: 'That referendum was fought over months and years, That referendum was fought with passion and vigour on all sides. '
article_snippet.sent: But, let's be honest, That referendum placed some strain on communities.
article_snippet.sent: The people of Scotland don't want to turn the clock back and reopen those wounds about that debate, The people of Scotland want to move forward.'
article_snippet.sent: I've never in my adult political life seen a party so complacent about taking thousands of voters for granted, to the extent that when the SNP challenged thousands of voters, thousands of voters had no organisation,' Mr Clegg said. '
article_snippet.sent: but I suspect we'll weather the challenge from the SNP a lot better than Labour does.'