article_snippet: But Former SNP leader Alex Salmond  said the (Fixed-term) Parliaments Act, which was passed by the Coalition, meant that SNP could put Labour into power even if the Conservatives win more seats.
article_snippet: Former SNP leader Alex Salmond  said the SNP – on course for an election landslide in Scotland – would not contemplate any deal with Senior Tories.
article_snippet: the SNP’s 2011 election landslide: .
article_snippet: Ed Miliband moved to quell Labour panic in Scotland last week by ruling out a formal coalition with the SNP.
article_snippet: But The former leader of the SNP has refused to rule out a looser power-sharing deal.
article_snippet: the SNP has made the SNP clear the SNP would extract a ruinously high price in return for propping up Ed Miliband in office, including £180billion of extra borrowing, ditching Britain’s Trident nuclear deterrent and insisting on sweeping new powers for the Scottish parliament that would leave the country reliant on dwindling North Sea oil revenues.
article_snippet: Mr Salmond said the SNP would amend any Labour budget to introduce ‘progressive tax rises’ – likely to raise fears of big tax hikes for the middle classes.
article_snippet: Mr Salmond also dismissed Labour suggestions it would not cut a deal with the SNP.
article_snippet: Mr Salmond said the SNP would face a stark choice between doing a deal with the SNP, or allowing Mr Cameron to stay on as Prime Minister.