1829: The Scottish Parliament is a coalition and the SNP's Alex Salmond is used to doing deals on a daily basis to get his policies through, says Brian Taylor, BBC Scotland political editor. Mr Salmond believes Westminster might have to get over its fear of coalitions and embrace the Holyrood habit after 6 May. More
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1838: A scoop from our business editor Robert Peston - he's got his hands on proposals from the International Monetary Fund to create two new taxes on banks, including one on the sum of their profits and the remuneration they pay. He says the taxes will "horrify" the banks and prove "politically explosive" - no doubt prompting Labour, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems to all try to align themselves with the IMF's crackdown. HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/" ID="9999" STYLE="LINK_Inline">Read Robert Peston's blogMore