An antidote to Alex Salmond: offer the Scots home rule | Simon Jenkins

The SNP’s would-be kingmaker could yet demand another referendum. Ed Miliband must call his bluff

It has been the most boring question in politics: who do you think is going to win the May election? Only a fool would give an answer. You might as well toss a coin. But suddenly the clouds have parted and there appears clear blue sky ahead. Or is it red? This is courtesy of an interview in the New Statesman by the putative Scottish leader in the commons, Alex Salmond. He says that if the Tories a...