article_snippet: Labour and SNP are 'half way down the aisle' to stitching up a deal to put Ed Miliband in Number 10, the Tories claimed today after Nicola Sturgeon dropped the Labour Party's red line over nuclear weapons.
article_snippet: Nicola Sturgeon said SNP would still be prepared to put Ed Miliband in Downing Street even if Labour refused to scrap Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent – a key plank of the nationalists' manifesto.
article_snippet: Nicola Sturgeon played down the prospects of a formal Coalition, but said SNP could prop up a Labour government 'on an issue-by-issue' basis.
article_snippet: Nicola Sturgeon said SNP could still do a deal with the Labour Party even if Mr Miliband in Downing Street insists on renewing Britain's Trident nuclear weapons .
article_snippet: Nicola Sturgeon remarks, to the Guardian, come amid growing pressure on Mr Miliband in Downing Street to rule out going into Coalition with SNP in a bid to stem the Labour Party's loss of support in Scotland.
article_snippet: Tory chairman Grant Shapps said Nicola Sturgeon move opened to door for a deal between Labour and SNP after the election.
article_snippet: Tory chairman Grant Shapps said: 'Mr Miliband in Downing Street and SNP have signed the pre-nup and are now half-way up the aisle. '
article_snippet: A Labour government propped up by the SNP - handing Mr Miliband the keys to Number 10 - moved a step closer after Nicola Sturgeon dropped a red line over Trident nuclear weapons .
highlights_snippet: Nicola Sturgeon has revealed SNP could still prop up the Labour Party .
  