The debate last night was interesting everyone but UKIP looking to ride into power on the coat tails of Ed Miliband and the Labour party. Who won, I will leave that to the pollsters fliting between Miliband and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon.
The night was really about Ed Miliband and Nicole Sturgeon. If the truth were told, everyone was waiting on what Miliband would say once Sturgeon asked about the political deal if there is a hang Parliament. The polls show a possible wipe-out of the Scottish Labour party making it really difficult for Labour to become the overall winner to form a Government, the numbers just don’t add up.
The SNP party leader pleaded to form an anti-Tory coalition to lock the Conservatives out of government and together deliver “real change”. Miliband insisted he was fighting for a majority Labour win and repeatedly spurned Sturgeon’s offer. He reminded the TV audience with an eye towards disillusioned Labour voters planning to vote SNP they could let the Tories in to power again.
“It’s about delivering real change – not pretend change – real change for people right across this country, said Sturgeon. “It the case that you would rather see David Cameron go back into Downing Street than work with the SNP? Surely that cannot be your position.”
However, Miliband rebuffed her calls: “I have fought the Conservatives all my life. We have profound differences. That why I’m not going to have a coalition with the SNP. I’m not going to put at risk the unity of the United Kingdom. It’s a no, I’m afraid”.
If the two do enter into a Lab/SNP pact who will be negotiating on behalf of the SNP? Nicola Sturgeon or the leader of the SNP in Parliament who is likely to be Alex Salmond candidate for a Westminster constituency.
If the Tories do win the upcoming election, I can see calls for independence for Scotland. I have my fingers crossed for a Labour majority I would hate another coalition government, it’s a real pet hate of mine.
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