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Sturgeon hits back over leaked 'PM preference' memo row

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has hit back at Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael over the leaked memo row, saying he should "question his whole approach to politics" if he thinks dirty tricks are a normal part of election campaigns.

Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood has ordered an inquiry into how the note - which claims Sturgeon told French ambassador Sylvie Bermann that she would prefer to see Conservatives remain in power after the election - got into the public domain.

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Cameron: Sturgeon told us what we already knew about Miliband

David Cameron has told Conservative supporters today that SNP Leader Nicola Sturgeon's alleged comments that Mr Miliband was not "prime minister material" was nothing new.

Speaking in the Oxford West and Abingdon constituency the Prime Minister said he had made the same comments four years ago:

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