David Maddox: Definitely no Green shoots of recovery yet for Swinney

The tension over the budget has suddenly and suprisingly ratcheted up today as can be seen in the postings from my colleague Hamish Macdonell below.
But just before calling it a night here, one more call has come through. This time it is from the Greens to confirm that they are extremely displeased with Finance Secretary John Swinney.
They will not confirm that they have only been offered £10 million a year for their free insulation scheme instead of £100 million they want, but a source has told me that their two MSPs will vote against the budget as things stand.
Tellingly the source added: "There doesn't need to be a budget in place until the end of March so there is always time to come back with another one."
With Margo MacDonald unhappy, Labour smelling blood and the Lib Dems as confirmed nay sayers on Wednesday, the SNP need the Greens on board. But if the amazingly relaxed quote above is to be taken seriously then the Greens believe that a defeat for the SNP will not be a disastrous nuclear option and may be the best way to get what they want.