KATIE SCHMUECKER Whatever the outcome of the current negotiations, Alex Salmond is likely to be the next First Minister of Scotland, either as leader of a coalition or of a minority government.
Katie Schmuecker: The election result raises for the first time the prospect of different parties in power in Holyrood and Westminster, a scenario that has been met with predictions of titanic clashes between Gordon Brown and Alex Salmond.
KATIE SCHMUECKER Whatever the outcome of the current negotiations, Alex Salmond is likely to be the next First Minister of Scotland, either as leader of a coalition or of a minority government.