The Liberal Democrat adviser dodged the question twice before he and SNP councillor Rhiannon Spear conceded their parties would not consider teaming up. Both the Liberal Democrats and the SNP have emerged as outspoken opponents to Brexit and a potential electoral coalition could deliver the parties extra seats in Westminster in the event of a general election. But when asked whether they would considering joining the Scottish party to ensure a Brexit deal is delivered, Mr Ferry did not immediately respond: “In the last few years, right across the UK disillusioned moderate, reasonable, centrist, centre-left, centre-right voters haven’t had a home for their vote and they’ve been looking to find a home.

“There’s a few things that have popped up over the years to try to give them a home – Change UK tried to do their thing work, Rory Stewart recently tried to.”

But when he failed to give a quick response, BBC The Nine host John Beattie intervened to stop him: “I’m really sorry but we’re running out of time – you didn’t answer the question.

“I know that’s really strange but you didn’t answer the question. How bad would it have to get for the two of you to cooperate?”

Mr Ferry attempted again to give a response, saying: “The point I was making that would answer the question is that we’ve got the momentum now, we’ve become this repository for those lost voters.

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“At the moment we’ve got not even fringes of the SNP but mainstream parts of SNP MPs trying to agitate for alternatives forms of creating separation of Scotland from the United Kingdom.

“When you’ve got MPs agitating for this stuff how on Earth can a liberal party which is pro-UK and pro-EU say, ‘yes, we’ll go with you,’ when we know as soon they get 35-40 MP they’ll say this is not what we voted for.”

Ms Spear also quickly dismissed suggestions the SNP could partner up with the Liberal Democrats, saying: “I just don’t think that’s the question the country is facing at the moment.

“Things are going to get bad because of Westminster and for me the only viable alternative to that in Scotland is the SNP.”

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The Lib Dems and SNP however are not the only British parties who have sparked speculation of a potential electoral pact in preparation for a snap general election.

Nigel Farage said he would be in favour of an alliance with Boris Johnson, suggesting his Brexit Party would be better placed than Conservative candidates to win Leave-backing seats in the Labour heartlands.

Mr Farage said: “Together we would electorally smash the Labour Party, he would assume a big working majority, and he would go down as one of the great leaders in British history.”

An Express.co.uk poll conducted between 3pm on August 1 and 12pm on August 2 showed an overwhelming number of readers would be in favour of an alliance between the Conservatives and the Brexit Party.

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Of the 9,000 participants in the poll, 8,073 people voted in favour of a new electoral pact while fewer than 1,000 claimed it would be a bad idea.

But the Prime Minister has ruled out partnering up with Mr Farage ahead of a general election to secure public support for his Brexit strategy – including leaving with no deal if Brussels refuses to reopen the withdrawal agreement.

Boris Johnson has a lot riding on his pledge to deliver Brexit “come what may” as a new poll showed the Conservative Party could only secure a win at the next general election if the UK leaves the bloc.

The ComRes survey of 2,004 British adults conducted between July 26 and July 28 suggested Mr Johnson would snatch a seven-point lead over Labour and wipe out the Brexit Party – but only if Brexit is delivered.

Ben Walker, founder of Britain Elects, which commissioned ComRes, said: “The polling does show how in the event of a no deal Brexit Leave voters would coalesce around one party, uniting the Leave brand whereas the Remain side would stay split, gifting the Conservatives a majority.”

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