Here are some others: Labour memories of the SDP adventure that prolonged their last sojourn in the wilderness; tribal Labour allegiance that makes even the most demoralised MPs want to fight to regain control of the party they love, no matter how long it takes; that same visceral loyalty
forbidding alliance with other parties; lingering hope among liberal Tories that May will not abandon them completely.
Speaking in Edinburgh, Nicola Sturgeon said the SNP had a «clear and unequivocal» mandate and would govern on its own rather than
in alliance with other parties.