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'Referendum would be a distraction'

The prospect of a future SNP-LibDem coalition at Holyrood receded even further yesterday when Sir Menzies Campbell made clear that Alex Salmond's referendum policy would be at the expense of any future alliance.

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MICHAEL SETTLE, Chief UK Political Correspondent

Interview THE prospect of a future SNP-LibDem coalition at Holyrood receded even further yesterday when Sir Menzies Campbell made clear that if Alex Salmond stuck to a policy of holding an independence referendum all bets would be off on a future alliance.