article_snippet.sent: The extraordinary manifesto launch by SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon included massive spending increases, new taxes, more welfare and the end of Britain's nuclear deterrent. 
article_snippet.sent: It comes after the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon vowed to end austerity .
article_snippet.sent: Miss Sturgeon Miss Sturgeon used Miss Sturgeon manifesto launch in Edinburgh to seek to assuage the fears of voters in the rest of the UK about Miss Sturgeon being involved in the next government. '
article_snippet.sent: I hold out the hand of friendship,' Miss Sturgeon declared.
article_snippet.sent: Miss Sturgeon Miss Sturgeon said Miss Sturgeon number one priority would be an end to austerity, vowing to make Scotland's voice heard 'more loudly than Scotland's voice has ever been before'.
article_snippet.sent: Miss Sturgeon said Miss Sturgeon wanted a 'modest' increase in Government spending to 'make life better for ordinary people across these islands'.
article_snippet.sent: Miss Sturgeon also backed Labour's proposed tax rises.
article_snippet.sent: SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon is pictured launching the Scottish National Party manifesto at the Edinburgh International Climbing Arena yesterday .