“Of all the politicians in these islands, I’m probably the one with most experience of minority government.” He said that the first act of a new government at Westminster after the general election wpuld be to introduce an emergency Budget. "Budgets have many votes, and in each of these votes in a balanced Parliament there will be the opportunity to win gains for Scotland" Mr Salmond said. He cited a continued acceleration of capital spending for Scotland as an example of a concession that could be extracted in a hung Parliament. Full Article at Times Online