Labour cannot do any sort of deal or coalition with the SNP

Miliband outright said it last night, no ifs and buts.

If he goes against it he will never live it down. So he will be forced to stick to his promise.

So why are people worrying about it? It can't happen now.

I feel it was a mistake, to completely rule out a deal with the SNP.

As a Scottish voter, I am left feeling that we are not an integral part of the Union or 'the family of nations'. (If we were a family, it would be pretty dis-functional.) If current polling is correct, after the 7th of May the SNP could hold all 59 seats in Scotland.(http://news.stv.tv/scotland-decides/318815-stvipsos-mori-poll-snp-set-to-win-all-scots-seats-at-general-election/) So to reject the SNP complete when a majority of Scots support that party, shows to me that after staying in the Union we are not welcome in play an active role in the way the UK is run.

How many Scots won't be voting SNP?

We don't need a deal with the SNP.
We just say 'this is our proposal, go on vote with the tories, we dare you, try and live that down in Scotland'.
They would never vote with the tories, it would destroy them as a party.
We hold the power, not them.

I feel it was a mistake, to completely rule out a deal with the SNP.

As a Scottish voter, I am left feeling that we are not an integral part of the Union or 'the family of nations'. (If we were a family, it would be pretty dis-functional.) If current polling is correct, after the 7th of May the SNP could hold all 59 seats in Scotland.(http://news.stv.tv/scotland-decides/318815-stvipsos-mori-poll-snp-set-to-win-all-scots-seats-at-general-election/) So to reject the SNP complete when a majority of Scots support that party, shows to me that after staying in the Union we are not welcome in play an active role in the way the UK is run.

I don't know about you but I'm not comfortable with a government in power that wants to separate our country. If you want unity, why are you defending the party that wants ANOTHER referendum on a separate Scotland?

I feel it was a mistake, to completely rule out a deal with the SNP.

As a Scottish voter, I am left feeling that we are not an integral part of the Union or 'the family of nations'. (If we were a family, it would be pretty dis-functional.) If current polling is correct, after the 7th of May the SNP could hold all 59 seats in Scotland.(http://news.stv.tv/scotland-decides/318815-stvipsos-mori-poll-snp-set-to-win-all-scots-seats-at-general-election/) So to reject the SNP complete when a majority of Scots support that party, shows to me that after staying in the Union we are not welcome to play an active role in the way the UK is run.

In the words of Voltaire 'I may not agree with your opinion but I will defend to the death your right to say it'.

I support Scottish Independence and voted Yes in last years referendum. Currently, there is no a democratic mandate for another referendum but if there were to be I would vote yes again. Not be be better off but to be completely responsible for our own decision making.

As a Unionist, could you convince me on reasons to stay?

Miliband is planning for the future. He's thinking ahead.

I'm not going to give you reasons because that's your opinion and that's fine by me. However your last post bemoaned about how you don't feel like Scotland are integrated in th uk, but how can you expect to be integrated in the uk by voting for a party that wants independence? It just doesnt make any sense.

Miliband secretly doesn't want to be prime minister.

He has given up already

He doesn't want the job. He knows he isn't capable

couldn't agree more

"better together... as long as you know your place and don't get involved in the UK government"

I feel it was a mistake, to completely rule out a deal with the SNP.

As a Scottish voter, I am left feeling that we are not an integral part of the Union or 'the family of nations'. (If we were a family, it would be pretty dis-functional.) If current polling is correct, after the 7th of May the SNP could hold all 59 seats in Scotland.(http://news.stv.tv/scotland-decides/318815-stvipsos-mori-poll-snp-set-to-win-all-scots-seats-at-general-election/) So to reject the SNP complete when a majority of Scots support that party, shows to me that after staying in the Union we are not welcome to play an active role in the way the UK is run.

No, he doesn't want the SNP to get into power because he doesn't want to break the Union as Scotland is where most of the Labour votes come from. Without Scotland in the Union, Labour would have little chance of getting into power. He's trying to deter the Scottish voters by voting SNP by saying Labour wouldn't enter into a Coalition with the SNP, so there's no point in voting for them, unless they want a more right-wing government, which I'm going to say.. they don't.

I made this up, I could be wrong. I most likely am, but it's a nice theory anyway.

I feel it was a mistake, to completely rule out a deal with the SNP.

As a Scottish voter, I am left feeling that we are not an integral part of the Union or 'the family of nations'. (If we were a family, it would be pretty dis-functional.) If current polling is correct, after the 7th of May the SNP could hold all 59 seats in Scotland.(http://news.stv.tv/scotland-decides/318815-stvipsos-mori-poll-snp-set-to-win-all-scots-seats-at-general-election/) So to reject the SNP complete when a majority of Scots support that party, shows to me that after staying in the Union we are not welcome to play an active role in the way the UK is run.