article_snippet.sent: The former PM said: 'If Labour were to accept an offer of support from SNP, SNP could put the country on course to a government held to ransom on a vote-by-vote basis. '
article_snippet.sent: Ed Miliband insisted there would be no coalition with SNP and denied the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon party would hold the whip hand on policy.
article_snippet.sent: Ed Miliband told BBC1's Breakfast: 'A Labour government led by Ed Miliband, what happens in A Labour government led by me will be decided by me, not by SNP.'
article_snippet.sent: Labour had 'fundamental differences' with the SNP, such as the nationalist party's desire for a second independence referendum within five years, Ed Miliband said, adding: 'I'm not having that.'
article_snippet.sent: This is somebody who has given up hope of winning a majority.
article_snippet.sent: In a BBC interview, Mr Miliband denied SNP would dictate policy but again refused to rule out negotiating for support in major Commons votes.
article_snippet.sent: Asked if SNP would be calling the shots, Mr Miliband said: 'That ain't gonna happen.
highlights_snippet.sent: A ComRes poll for ITV News last night found the majority of the British public – 54 per cent – do not want Miss Sturgeon to play a role in the next government.
highlights_snippet.sent: Some 59 per cent do not want SNP involved at all.