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Salmond: Miliband 'foolish' to rule out SNP coalition

The former SNP leader has stepped up the pressure on Labour leader Ed Miliband with a fresh warning that he will find it difficult to avoid doing some form of deal with the Scottish nationalists in the event of another hung parliament.

Salmond: Miliband 'foolish' to rule out SNP coalition. Credit: PA

Alex Salmond who is bidding to return to Westminster - said all parties would have to face up to the "electorate's judgment" after polling day on May 7.

I think that after the election every Westminster politician will have to come and face the reality of the electorate's judgment

There is no disrespect or disgrace in any politician coming to terms with the democratically expressed position of the electorate.

All politicians, those of us who are lucky enough to be elected, chosen by the people, will try to do their best as they see it in the interests of the people who elected them.

– Mr Salmond speak to the BBC Radio 4 Today programme

He said Mr Miliband had been "foolish" to rule out a coalition with the SNP - even though it was not really on the cards - and suggested that he reacted because he was "under pressure from the Conservative press".