DAVID Cameron yesterday talked up the Lib-Con Coalition as having "real purpose, a real mission" as he and Nick Clegg sought to put behind them the bruising rift on Lords reform, which has led to bitter inter-party sniping.
Their joint declaration that the political partnership would last the distance came as one report suggested a damaging row had opened up between Downing Street and Scottish Liberal Democrats.
The latter accused the Prime Minister of "a lot of string-pulling" and "making policies on the hoof without discussing them properly first" with his Coalition partners north of the Border.
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