UK’s Labour Rules Out Informal Deal With Scots Nationalists After May Election
The leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party on Sunday ruled out an informal deal with Scottish nationalists after a May 7 election if his party fails to win an overall majority, something he has previously declined to do.
When asked if left-wing Labour would negotiate with the Scottish nationalists after the election, Labour leader Ed Miliband told the BBC: “I’m not interested in deals no.”
Miliband had already ruled out a formal coalition with the Scottish National Party, but his failure to exclude a looser arrangement - known as a ‘confidence and supply’ deal - had been seized upon by Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives.
“I want to be clear about this. No coalition, no tie-ins. I’m not doing deals with the Scottish National Party,” said Miliband.
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