Gordon Rules Out SNP Coalition
Apparently, Gordon has said that he refuses to work together with the SNP in the Scottish parliament, not withstanding the massive defeat that Labour will almost certainly suffer in the elections on Thursday:
Gordon Brown last night warned Scottish voters that he will find it “impossible” to work as prime minister with a Scottish National party-led government in Edinburgh if its leader, Alex Salmond, refuses to abandon his “dangerous and disastrous” plans for independence.
With Labour facing the prospect of losing an election in Scotland for the first time since 1955 to a hostile coalition in his home base, Mr Brown made an impassioned plea to wavering supporters to “come home to Labour” and head off the separatist threat of a “day one conflict strategy” if the SNP wins on Thursday.
Ladbrokes makes the SNP 1/5 favourites to be the largest party with 46 seats to Labours expected 40, but 65 seats in total are required for a majority, which would leave the SNP free to attempt to construct a deal with either Labour or a collection of other parties including the Lib Dems and Greens.
Mr Brown argued yesterday that a new generation of young Scots voters are much more internationally minded than their elders and not “obsessed with constitutional wrangling”.
A “Labour-led Scottish parliament and a UK Labour government can focus on the No 1 priority, not creating constitutional chaos but building a world-class education system,” he said, refusing to concede the possibility of having to work with Mr Salmond.
Now, what is the likelihood of Gordon having a change of heart after the full reality of Labour’s crushing Scottish defeat becomes clear on Friday morning?
