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Labour Lab and Scottish National Party Post Poll Alliance possible, Lab SNP post poll alliance says Deutsche Bank POll, Lab-SNP Merger after UK Elections 2015, Key Alliances UK Elections 2015, UK Elections 2015 Alliance Polls News
- A coalition between the Labour Party and Scottish National Party is currently the most likely outcome of the UK general election, according to an analysis of the most recent opinion polls by Deutsche Bank.
- Deutsche Bank's chief economist, George Buckley, has ranked a Labour-SNP tie-up as the most likely scenario following the election, ahead of a coalition between the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats.
- Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls has insisted Labour is not considering an election deal with the SNP. Asked if Labour was considering a deal with the SNP, Mr Balls said: "No". He added: "I don't think anybody is suggesting any suggestion of a deal with the SNP at all, we're fighting hard for a majority. If you want to have Labour's plan to save the NHS, you've got to vote Labour.
- Labour and the Conservatives would have the same number of seats in the House of Commons and would need to form an alliance with the SNP plus the Lib Dems to form a stable government, according to an analysis by the Guardian of the current crop of opinion polls.
- If Britain votes along the lines of the average of the polls, the two main parties are projected to win a total of 273 seats each, compared with the 326 required for an outright majority, while the Scottish National party’s current support would translate into 49 seats at Westminster if a general election was held today.
- Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP’s leader, has said her party would not form a coalition with David Cameron’s Conservatives, but has indicated that she would be prepared to work with Labour, making a Labour-SNP alliance the most likely starting point for any government after May.