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Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Who would Labour do a deal with to get into Number 10? Labour / SNP Coalition seems most likely on all fronts

Mr Miliband has repeatedly refused to rule out a deal with the SNP amid an expected collapse of Labour’s support base in Scotland, and a lack of sufficient votes to get him into Number 10 Downing Street. I don't think the SNP rise will be as large as is presently trumpeted by Salmond but ...
Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP leader, has indicated that ignoring any attempt to balance the books, spending loads more that we do not have, changes to defence spending and a whole swathe of new powers for Scotland would be the party’s price for a deal.

More details on the story here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11379600/English-voters-believe-Labour-SNP-coalition-will-destabilise-Britain.html