article_snippet.sent: But Liberal Democrat Cabinet minster Danny Alexander accused Mr Cameron of 'playing with fire' by stirring up ill-feeling between Scotland and England in a way that would only fuel support for independence in next year's Scottish Parliament elections.
article_snippet.sent: The warnings came as polls indicated that the General Election race was still neck and neck, with the UK heading for a hung parliament and coalition negotiations after May 7.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Cameron was interviewed on the Murnaghan programme, broadcast this morning, warning of the threat posed by the SNP .
article_snippet.sent: Mr Alexander was highly critical of the Conservatives' decision to focus the Conservatives' election campaign on the threat of Scottish nationalism.
article_snippet.sent: The Lib Dem Chief Secretary to the Treasury told The Observer: 'I think the Tory campaign has been a total disgrace.
article_snippet.sent: I think the Tory campaign are deliberately trying to stir up ill-feeling between Scotland and England in a desperate attempt to fend off Ukip
article_snippet.sent: When you stoke tensions, you are playing with fire.'
article_snippet.sent: And former Liberal leader Lord Steel told the paper: 'The truth is that a new Tory government dependent on Ukip sympathisers in Ukip sympathisers own midst is a greater threat to the unity of the UK than any band of SNP MPs.'