Labour has repeatedly denied it would do a deal with SNP MPs if the party fell short of a majority at Westminster.
Anas Sarwar has accused the SNP of “campaigning for a Tory government” during rowdy exchanges at Holyrood today.
The party has repeatedly ruled out any prospect of a deal being done with the SNP MPs in the future - but Nationalists claim they could "the balance of power". “What we have with Keir Starmer is of course an individual who has reneged on his promise to abolish tuition fees for students in England. What we have with Keir Starmer, just yesterday, is an individual who refused to repeal cruel Tory legislation such as the Illegal Migration Bill.
Scottish politics He went on to ask the First Minister if he would prefer a Tory government at Westminster “because it’s cover for his own incompetence”. Yousaf replied: “We’re not interested in just getting rid of the Tories for a little while, we want rid of the Tories forever. The way we do that is of course by voting for independence.”
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