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'Join forces with us' to keep Cameron out, Sturgeon urges Labour

Nicola Sturgeon has made a direct appeal to Labour to "join forces with us" in a bid to keep the Conservatives out of government after the General Election.

The SNP leader also assured the rest of the UK that her party would seek to "shake up" the Westminster system, despite ultimately wanting to leave the union.

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Sturgeon vows SNP will help 'shake up' Westminster

Nicola Sturgeon has assured the rest of the UK that the Scottish National Party will help "shake up" the political system.

In a speech to the party's Spring conference, Sturgeon said that even though her party still sought independence from the UK, she also aimed to help seize power back from Westminster.

She added that her party would "demand an alternative to slash and burn austerity", but hinted that her party could still wield power in a minority-led House of Commons.

It was as a minority government that we restored free education, abolished prescription charges and froze the council tax.

So we can - and we will - use that experience in a minority led House of Commons to get good things done there too.

– Nicola Sturgeon, SNP leader

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