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| Lib Dems leave SNP-led Highland Council coalition | Lib Dems leave SNP-led Highland Council coalition |
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| The Liberal Democrats have walked out of the SNP-led coalition running Highland Council. | The Liberal Democrats have walked out of the SNP-led coalition running Highland Council. |
| The SNP formed the ruling administration with the Lib Dems and Labour in 2012. | The SNP formed the ruling administration with the Lib Dems and Labour in 2012. |
| Lib Dem group leader David Alston said the group had found it increasingly difficult to work with the Nationalists. | |
| The SNP has not commented on the situation but local MP Drew Hendry said the Lib Dems were "self destructing". |