article_snippet: Ms Sturgeon has vowed to join forces with Labour after the general election to 'lock David Cameron out of Downing Street'.
article_snippet: Ms Sturgeon also reiterated the SNP's longstanding pledge to scrap the Trident nuclear programme, abolish the House of Lords, and plough more money into the NHS.
article_snippet: In echoes of Conservative adverts showing Ed Miliband in the pocket of Alex Salmond, Ms Sturgeon also talked about the SNPforcing Labour's hand' and giving the Labour party 'backbone and guts'.
article_snippet: Ms Sturgeon said: 'Let me said it loud and let me make it clear - the SNP will never put the Tories into government.
article_snippet: Ms Sturgeon also said that the SNP would 'force Labour's hand' in government, giving Ed Miliband's party 'guts and backbone' '
article_snippet: Ms Sturgeon said a vote for the SNP was 'a vote to make sure that the Tories are replaced with a better alternative.'
article_snippet: Ms Sturgeon told the conference: 'If you want a Labour government to have backbone and guts, you need to elect SNP MPs to provide a Labour government for you
article_snippet: Ms Sturgeon said the SNP's goal was still to make Scotland indepedent, but until that could be achieved
article_snippet: Scottish Liberal Labour leader Jim Murphy added: 'No-one will be fooled by Nicola Sturgeon's claims to be the UK's best friend when the SNP's entire purpose is trying to break up Britain. '
highlights_snippet: Ms Sturgeon called on Labour to vow to keep the Tories out of government .
  