2015 UK General Election

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Does anyone take Miliband at his word when he says he won't go into government with the SNP? I believe him, i don't think he would explicitly promise he wouldn't if he intended to go back on it, people wouldn't let him live it down.

I'm not sure I believe him. In this view he doesn't have as much to lose by saying that now and reneging on his statement because he has to appeal to the rest of the UK. Look at how much the Tories lie and people still vote them back in. It's very easy to stand up in front of the camera and appear reasonable and a good choice if you are lying through your teeth. The Tories lied so much before the last election they have since removed all their speeches and videos from on-line sources and the wayback machine.

Clegg lied about tuition fees but he went back on his word in spectacular fashion. Now that means the end of the Lib Dems. They're finished as a party. But it's possible that Miliband might be waiting for a full majority the next time rather than blow his chances this time. Westminster doesn't like coalitions. What Miliband doesn't realise though is that if he lets the Tories in rather than work with SNP then he is also finished in Scotland. Same as the Tories are finished in Scotland.

Now the Scots are in the position of having all or almost all of their seats for one party working solely for Scotland and still never able to have a leader at Westminster. Whereas before they were either ignored or taken for granted which amounts to the same thing. What this means is that the case for independence becomes even stronger.

I don't know, if the scots realise they can't get power by voting SNP they will have to vote Labour next time. Miliband may be playing the long game.