Former PM warns over Labour-SNP government
The British people must come together and unite against the nightmare prospect of a LabourSNP government which will “tear our nation apart”, Sir John Major said yesterday.
The former Conservative prime minister’s warning came as Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP leader, boasted that she would be “sitting across the table from Ed Miliband” today discussing how to put him in office.
Meanwhile, David Cameron, the Prime Minister, described Mr Miliband as a “very dangerous person” who is using a “con trick” to get into Downing Street.
Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Major says a minority Labour government propped up by the Scottish Nationalist Party would seek to “divide and rule” and “turn rich against poor, North against South, worker against boss”.
Appeal
In an appeal on the eve of the election to the “open-minded, generous-spirited and compassionate” people of Britain, Major urges voters to have the “confidence” to “oppose all those that appeal to prejudice or bigotry, or seek to tear our nation apart”.
“After the election, either the Conservatives or Labour will form — or at least lead — the new government,” Major says.
“We need a government that can reach out to every single part of our country. And Labour cannot do that. I know Labour. I grew up with them. Labour divides to rule. To win votes they will turn rich against poor; North against South; worker against boss.
“They have done this before and are doing it now. But it is emphatically not what this country needs. Now, more than ever, we need to bring people together, not create chasms to drive them apart.”
Warning
Mr Major’s warning comes as the Prime Minister yesterday continued a 36-hour nonstop tour of the country seeking to convince undecided voters not to “risk it all” by backing Mr Miliband and the SNP.
With the polls still predicting a dead heat, Mr Miliband and Nick Clegg also ranged across the country in an attempt to reach the fewer than 100,000 voters in a handful of constituencies who will decide the outcome of the election.