Ed Miliband suggests he will work on a vote by vote basis with the SNP

Last night Ed Miliband said that there will be no Labour government if it involves a coalition or a deal with SNP.

The Labour leader told BBC Question Time he “couldn’t be clearer” there would be no deals between the parties.

Although it sounded like tough talk, his position on the issue hasn’t really changed in weeks, and this morning he is keen to clarify his statements: Without a majority he could still put his party’s policies into a Queen’s Speech and work with the SNP on a vote by vote basis to support it.

Speaking to Sky on a train to Cardiff this morning he said: “It will always be a matter for the House of Commons how they vote on the Queen’s Speech, for example.

“But what I want to indicate very clearly to the British people, is that the Conservatives are perpetuating a falsehood which is somehow there’s going to be some coalition or deal between ourselves and the SNP. I’m fighting the SNP.

“That’s not going to happen.”