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WILLIE RENNIE is known among Holyrood’s press pack as one of the most approachable kids on the block — but it’s not often he makes the news in his own right.

This week, however, the Star reported that the Scottish Lib Dem leader had flippantly yearned for the glory days of the Con-Dem coalition.

“Remember that period during British politics, oh I wish we could return to that calm period with Nick Clegg,” he told MSPs on Wednesday.

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