Could the Lib Dems and the SNP find common cause to derail the independents?

BBC: Limbo council needs quick answer

You might think that the Austrians would find common cause with the monetarists.

ECONOMIST: Buttonwood

Republicans have long tried to find common cause with Latino voters.

ECONOMIST: Immigration politics

Environmentalists have made common cause with the government, but they may find that, despite its failings, the consortium was greener than Gazprom will be.

ECONOMIST: Russian energy