Scotsman cartoon: Trident missile crisis

Douglas Alexander appeared to rule out a deal with the SNP that would see a Labour government scrap Trident in exchange for nationalist votes in the Commons, if Ed Miliband fails to win outright in May.
Illustration: Iain GreenIllustration: Iain Green
Illustration: Iain Green

Mr Alexander, the chair of UK Labour’s General Election strategy, said that as “the prospective foreign secretary” he would not be about “trading away” the government’s “responsibility” to keep the UK safe.

FOLLOW US

SCOTSMAN TABLET AND MOBILE APPS