article_snippet.sent: If Labour were to accept an offer of support from the SNP, Labour could put the country on course to a government held to ransom on a vote-by-vote basis,' Sir John Major said.
article_snippet.sent: We all would all pay for the SNP's ransom in We all daily lives - through higher taxes, fewer jobs, and more and more debt. '
article_snippet.sent: The former premier pointed to the way that Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy has already suggested that funds raised from the party's planned 'mansion tax' in England could go to Scotland. '
article_snippet.sent: If a Labour leader asks for that, how much more will the SNP demand?'
article_snippet.sent: And if this is the way Labour intends to behave towards England, how can Labour say no to the SNP?
article_snippet.sent: And if Labour did say no, the SNP could withdraw support and bring down the government at any time.'
article_snippet.sent: Labour MP David Lammy this morning admitted that the largest party at Westminster would strike a deal with the SNP after the election .
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, former Labour minister and London mayoral contender Labour MP David Lammy suggested that the largest party at Westminster could 'do business' with the SNP after the election. '
article_snippet.sent: I think the largest party at Westminster can win the election.
article_snippet.sent: But clearly, after the election, you would forge common alliance with parties that you can actually do business with and the SNP must be part of that story,' former Labour minister and London mayoral contender David Lammy told ITV News. '
article_snippet.sent: I still think Labour can form the next government
article_snippet.sent: But, yes, there is common ground with other parties and the SNP would be included in that