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Cornwall Council's Conservative leader, councillor Alec Robertson, has emailed all members to share his thoughts about the possibility of copying at a local level the national government coalition with the Liberal Democrats. Here's an extract from Alec's email:

"I do not believe that a national coalition requires any change to our arrangement in Cornwall."

Alec's email goes on to say that there are no cabinet vacancies and he doesn't expect any. It's not quite the warm, friendly, encouraging message broadcast on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Cornwall last week. At the same time the Liberal Democrat group on the council have emailed each other to declare their resistance to any local coalition ideas and to maintain their enthusiasm for remaining in opposition.

Remaining in opposition is certainly an option, given the prospect of deeply unpopular spending cuts in the months ahead. Remaining in the Liberal Democrat party might prove rather more tricky.