article_snippet.sent: the SNP would use the SNP role in Westminster to bolster support ahead of next year's Scottish Parliament elections, when the SNP will put independence back on the agenda, Sir John said.
article_snippet.sent: Addressing the Scottish Trades Union Congress in Ayr, Ms Sturgeon said that SNP MPs at Westminster could 'vigorously and loudly' support a future Labour government in some areas.
article_snippet.sent: I want the SNP to go to Westminster to make Scotland's voice heard and also to be a voice for better politics, for the kind of politics that stands in opposition to Tory policies of austerity and undermining public services and pushing more people into poverty. '
article_snippet.sent: Sir John said the SNP would 'manufacture grievance' to make a Yes vote more likely any future referendum. '
article_snippet.sent: the SNP will ask for the impossible and create merry hell if it is denied.
article_snippet.sent: Polls continue to show up to half of Scots are planning to back the SNP, robbing Labour of dozens of seats and depriving Mr Miliband of hopes of a majority.
article_snippet.sent: But Mr Miliband and Ms Sturgeon have left open the possibility of the SNP supporting a Labour government on a vote-by-vote basis, raising the prospect of Mr Miliband being forced to bow to Mr Miliband and Ms Sturgeon demands to get any legislation through.
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: Labour leader Ed Miliband accused the Conservatives and David Cameron of 'talking up' the SNP in the hope that the nationalists will win seats from Labour north of the border and allow Labour leader Ed Miliband to 'crawl back' into 10 Downing Street.
article_snippet.sent: the SNP has already suggested that the SNP will be 'entitled to vote against any bit of legislation' and 'any bit of spending' the SNP does not agree with.
article_snippet.sent: the SNP means that for Labour to pass new laws or agree to spending in England, Wales or Northern Ireland Wales or Northern Ireland would have to strike a deal with the SNP.
article_snippet.sent: Much of the SNP manifesto appeared designed to demonstrate common ground with Labour, promising to scrap the bedroom tax, reverse NHS reforms, increase the minimum wage and tackle energy bills.
highlights_snippet.sent: Polls suggest SNP will prop up a Labour minority government .