article_snippet: Speaking ahead of a constituency meeting in the village of Insch, Aberdeenshire, Alex Salmond said: 'It is now clear that neither Tory or Labour will win an overall majority.
article_snippet: a poll of marginal constituencies in Scotland suggests that Labour and the Conservatives would end up being tied on 272 seats each – well short of the 326 needed to command a Commons majority.
article_snippet: Labour is holding Labour annual conference in Edinburgh this weekend.
article_snippet: Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Former Prime Minister Sir John Major said: 'Labour now have to make a choice. '
article_snippet: Labour must summon the courage of Labour convictions and declare Labour intent.
article_snippet: Labour must remove any doubt. '
article_snippet: If the outcome of the election is inconclusive, will Labour refuse to govern with the support of a party whose principal aim is to break up the United Kingdom?'