article_snippet: Asked if that meant Ed Balls or another Labour chancellor would have to negotiate Ed Balls or another Labour chancellor Budget with the SNP, He replied: 'Yes, any minority government has to negotiate in order to win a majority for any minority government proposal.
article_snippet: Pressed on what kind of deal was possible with Labour, Mr Salmond's said: . '
article_snippet: Labour have ruled out a coalition but haven't ruled out a confidence and supply arrangement, where you have a set programme ...
article_snippet: Mr Salmond's said: 'I think it's a very bad idea in politics to bend under pressure.'
article_snippet: Ed Miliband has vowed not to form a formal coalition with Labour after the elction . '
article_snippet: Live that Ed Miliband had been 'very foolish' to rule out a formal coalition with Labour.
article_snippet: The mistake was 'not because it was likely to happen but because Ed Miliband did it under pressure from Labour. '
article_snippet: I think it's a very bad idea in politics to bend under pressure,' Ed Miliband added.
article_snippet: Pushed on whether renewing Trident was a 'red line' for the SNP that would prevent a deal with Labour, Mr Salmond's said: 'You couldn't have a coalition or a confidence and supply, but a vote by vote is what comes up in the House of Commons.'
article_snippet: And Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy warned Scots that Scots could not vote SNP to get a Labour government 'by proxy'.
article_snippet: Mr Salmond's insisted Mr Salmond's successor Nicola Sturgeon would lead the negotiations with Labour after the election . '
article_snippet: It is either Labour or the Tories.
article_snippet: You cannot vote for a Labour government by proxy ... a Labour government is one or the other.'
article_snippet: If these polls are repeated on election day this will be a bloody, awful showing for the biggest party. '
article_snippet: That would mean the biggest party holding a weak the biggest party to ransom on every vote, every day, all with the aim of trying to weaken the United Kingdom. '