Is David Cameron talking up the SNP as a naughty campaign tactic to hurt Labour? This morning the Prime Minister denied that charge in his Today programme interview, saying:
‘I don’t accept that; I’m fighting the nationalists in Scotland. Indeed, I’ll be there later today standing up for Conservative candidates who want a strong United Kingdom and also want our economy to continue to grow and continue to create jobs and all the other things the United Kingdom can do together.
‘But if you want to know, what would I do as prime minister on Friday to make sure our United Kingdom stays together, I would say let’s complete the work of devolution and have Scottish and indeed Welsh parliaments with tax-raising powers so they’re not just bodies responsible for spending money but actually responsible for raising it as well, which I think would help settle our devolution settlement down and make sure we maintain our United Kingdom.’
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