Election 2015: Leaders argue over post-vote deals

 

David Cameron has insisted that Ed Miliband ruling out any sort of formal deal or coalition with the SNP "changes nothing".

Speaking in Leeds, Mr Cameron said the threat of a Labour/SNP government "remains the same".
Meanwhile, UKIP's Nigel Farage said he could support a deal with a Conservative and Lib Dem coalition.
And Nick Clegg has said proper funding of the NHS is a "red line" issue for the Lib Dems in any future government.


On Thursday's BBC Question Time, Labour's Mr Miliband said he "couldn't be clearer" in ruling out any form of deal or coalition with the SNP.
"I am not going to have a Labour government if it means deals or coalitions with the Scottish National Party.
"If the price of having a Labour government was coalition or a deal with the Scottish National Party, it's not going to happen," he told the programme.

'Majority'

But Mr Cameron said: "What Ed Miliband said last night actually changes nothing.
"Is he really saying that if Labour don't get a majority but if Labour plus the SNP is a majority 'I won't be PM'? Of course he's not saying that.
"The threat today is the same as the threat yesterday. Ed Miliband propped up by the SNP not governing on behalf of the whole country."