article_snippet.sent: Ed Miliband intervention came as the former prime minister John Major warned that the SNP was 'merely waiting for a good excuse to put separation back on the agenda'.
article_snippet.sent: Former foreign secretary William Hague added that SNP could be 'calling the tune' if Ed Miliband became PM on the back of SNP support.
article_snippet.sent: But Ed Miliband this morning accused the Tories of 'threatening the integrity of the United Kingdomby talking up the prospects of Scottish nationalists in the May 7 General Election.
article_snippet.sent: Ed Miliband told BBC1's Breakfast that Ed Miliband had 'fundamental differences' with the SNP – including on a second independence referendum within five years.
article_snippet.sent: Ed Miliband said, adding: 'I'm not having that.'
article_snippet.sent: Ed Miliband said Ed Miliband had been 'talking upthe SNP in the hope that it would take votes and seats from Labour north of the border and allow Ed Miliband to 'crawl back' into 10 Downing Street. '
article_snippet.sent: I think Ed Miliband is playing fast and loose with the United Kingdom,' said Ed Miliband. '
article_snippet.sent: Ed Miliband is trying to boost the SNP. '
article_snippet.sent: I think Ed Miliband is now threatening the integrity of the UK with the games Ed Miliband is playing.
article_snippet.sent: And I think Conservatives are now ashamed of what Ed Miliband is doing.
article_snippet.sent: In a BBC interview last night, Ed Miliband insisted Ed Miliband would not be dictated to by the nationalists, even if Ed Miliband had to govern without an overall majority in the new parliament.
article_snippet.sent: But Sir John Major said that, in practice, Ed Miliband would be forced to accede to the SNP's demands or face the collapse of Ed Miliband government. '
article_snippet.sent: Ed Miliband intervention came as Sir John warned that the SNP was 'merely waiting for a good excuse to put separation back on the agenda' Sir John added: 'Labour would be in hock to a party that - slowly but surely - will push Labour ever further to the left.
highlights_snippet.sent: The Labour leader remarks come amid growing warnings over an SNP-Labour alliance .
  