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Originally Posted by Chris
But this is precisely the point which so many posters in this thread are missing. The Labour government in Westminster has no friends amongst the SNP government in Edinburgh. They are very bitter opponents. The SNP has nothing to gain by doing G. Brown a favour, and everything to gain by publicising any attempt the London government might make to influence a devolved issue.
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Labour may not have friends amongst the SNP but they do hold the purse stings which gives Labour possible leverage.