David Cameron is upping the ante on the SNP today, warning voters there’s just ‘ten days to save the United Kingdom’ — despite the fact the election is now nine days away. Or maybe he is counting until the coalition negotiations begin? Ed Miliband on the other hand will add some meat to his promise that Labour will put ‘controls on immigration’. To help guide you through the melée of stories and spin, here is a summary of today’s main election stories.
1. The Battle for Britain, cont.
David Cameron is staunchly defending the Union today, warning in an interview with the Times that the SNP is ‘not like another party that you might disagree with’ and that ‘they are not coming to Westminster to make it a success’. He said that Nicola Sturgeon wants the ‘best for Scotland and the rest of the UK can go hang’:
‘Not winning the election outright is obviously not a success…I have a duty to spend the next ten days to win the election outright…ten days to save the United Kingdom.
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