Re: Rock and hard place
Thing is with doing that the Lib Dems have shown they will either fold/lie for a sniff of power over tuition fees, or are run by a politically naive leader who has managed to be maneuvered by the Cons as a scapegoat for a lots of things. Neither fill you with confidence.
As for Salmond whilst I can understand the SNP movement, Salmond himself strikes me a bit like George Galloway (ok not quite has bad Galloway the demagogue), those who seek power and all that.