article_snippet: First Minister is poised to hold the balance of power if, as the polls predict, Nicola Sturgeon oversees the wipeout of Labour north of the border.
article_snippet: Together with Alex Salmond and spin doctor Kevin Pringle, Together with Alex Salmond and spin doctor Kevin Pringle were the four party chieftains who guided the party from multiple election defeats to the brink of breaking up the United Kingdom.
article_snippet: The more experience I have got in politics
article_snippet: I'm not going to put a number on a number, opinion polls don't win elections, hard work, persuasion, having the best policies and the best ideas for the country wins elections, so we'll try and win as many votes as we can and hope that translates into as many seats as possible. '
article_snippet: The Liberals in my view have got The Liberals in my view into the position The Liberals in my view are in just now which is facing political annihilation in a few weeks time, not because The Liberals in my view went into coalition but because The Liberals in my view went into coalition and immediately abandoned all of The Liberals in my view principals.'