David Cameron tucks in to square sausage as he plots to have SNP for breakfast
DAVID Cameron yesterday warned Nicola Sturgeon is “wrong on the two big questions of our time” as he spoke against an alliance between Labour and the SNP.
The Prime Minister, who was campaigning in Edinburgh, attacked the First Minister over her desire for Scottish independence and her borrowing plans.
Mr Cameron said an Ed Miliband Labour government, potentially propped up by the SNP, would result in more “taxes, spending, debt and unlimited welfare”.
He said: “This is the most important election in a generation.
“Clearly, the election in Scotland is also crucial and we’ve a clear message, which is if you want a non-socialist alternative to the SNP there is only one choice and that is the Conservatives led by Ruth Davidson.”
The Prime Minister added: “Nicola Sturgeon wants two things. She wants to break up the UK – I’m totally opposed to that – and she wants more borrowing, more spending, more taxes, more debt, more unlimited welfare. I totally oppose that.
“I think she’s wrong on the two big questions of our time, so that’s why we’re fighting such a vigorous campaign here.”
He added: “But we’re also warning across the UK over the danger of this alliance potentially between the people who want to bankrupt Britain, Labour, and the people who want to break up Britain, the SNP, and pointing out the only way to avoid that is a Conservative majority government.
I think, frankly, Ed Miliband should be clearer about what he would do in respect of the SNP. At the moment he’s failing to speak out because he’s quite happy to ride into Downing Street on their coat-tails.”
Mr Cameron was speaking on the second leg of a tour of all four nations of the UK in a day. He started out in the Scottish Widows HQ for breakfast with wife Samantha. He tucked in to square sausage, haggis, egg and fried bread, while Mrs Cameron had a sausage-and-egg roll.
Some observers questioned if the mother-of-four actually ate any of her breakfast but Ms Davidson, the Scottish Tory leader, said: “She ate it all, bar the lid – it was a big roll and a lady never likes to carb up on too much bread of a morning.”
And referring to the famous photo of the Labour leader struggling with a bacon roll, she added: “There may have been cutlery involved to avoid any Miliband-esque embarrassment.”
