General Election 2015: Sturgeon claims Scots 'appalled' by Ed Miliband's refusal to work with SNP
Scottish leader was campaigning in Inverness today
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Your support makes all the difference.Nicola Sturgeon hit back at the Labour party’s refusal to work with the Scottish National party, claiming voters were “appalled” by leader Ed Miliband’s remarks.
Ms Sturgeon, speaking in Inverness during a whistle-stop tour across key Scottish constituencies, claimed that any opportunity to “get the Tories out” should be seized.
The Labour leader has been at increasing pains to stress that his party will not form a coalition with the SNP in the event of a hung parliament.
Yesterday, sources close to Mr Miliband confirmed that he would not actively seek SNP support for the first legislative programme, instead challenging Ms Sturgeon’s party to “take it or leave it.”
But the Scottish leader, who has enjoyed a flush of popularity in the run-up to the election, hit back claiming that Mr Miliband and his party did “not share the same commitment” to “deliver an end to the cuts".
She adds: "I think people across Scotland, and I've spoken to many Labour voters in the last couple of days, who were appalled to hear Ed Miliband suggest on Thursday night that he would rather give up the chance of being prime minister and watch the Tories get back into government than work with the SNP to keep the Tories out.”
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