article_snippet.sent: Doubt has been cast on Labour's commitment to the deterrent because Miliband could be forced to rely on the SNP support to form a government.
article_snippet.sent: Nicola Sturgeon could not be clearer.
article_snippet.sent: The SNP's childlike world view would sacrifice the nation's security.
article_snippet.sent: The nuclear deterrent protects all of Britain, and The SNP represents a separatist threat that would dangerously weaken our collective defence.
article_snippet.sent: Britain doesn't pay ransoms and the Conservatives would never bow to demands from Scottish separatists.
article_snippet.sent: I think decent Conservatives right across country, decent Conservative MPs, decent Conservative party members, decent people right across Britain, will say `Come on, we're better than this kind of politics'.
article_snippet.sent: There is mounting Labour panic at polls suggesting the rampant SNP is on course for a landslide north of the border.
article_snippet.sent: Such a political earthquake would be likely to leave the rampant SNP holding the balance of power at Westminster and determining who is in the Government for the first time in the 300-year history of the Union.
article_snippet.sent: This is not up for negotiation with the rampant SNP or with any other party.
article_snippet.sent: The Tories are like a wounded, cornered animal at the moment.'
article_snippet.sent: Both Labour and the SNP have ruled out a formal coalition, but left the door open to a looser deal that would see Labour leader Ed Miliband in power even if Labour leader Ed Miliband wins fewer seats than the Tories.
article_snippet.sent: Today's Tory pledge puts Labour in a difficult position, since ruling out any compromise on Trident would infuriate the SNP and many voters in Scotland, where support for the system's renewal is lower than in the rest of the UK.
article_snippet.sent: The future of Britain's security will be on the ballot paper too.
article_snippet.sent: There will be a clear choice between a Conservative government that will put Britain's security first.
article_snippet.sent: Or Ed Miliband, a man so desperate for power Ed Miliband is ready to barter away our nuclear deterrent in a backroom deal with the SNP.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Claims Labour leader would bow to SNP's demands to scrap Trident .
  