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Former PM John Major warns of Labour-SNP 'mayhem'

Former Prime Minister Sir John Major has warned a minority Labour government propped up by SNP votes would be a "recipe for mayhem".

In a speech in the Midlands today, Sir John said it would lead to a "weak and unstable" administration which would wreck Britain's economic recovery.

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Major: Tory heart 'beats just as strongly to help people'

The Tory party has a heart former Prime Minister John Major has said.

Throwing his support behind David Cameron's campaign Sir John said: "I gave my lifetimes work to the Conservative party because I know them from the inside and they do care and they do help. They may not wear their heart on their sleeve, but it beats just as strongly to help people as the heart of any other political party in this country."

We will never all be born equal. Life isn’t like that. But it is the Conservative mission to make opportunities in life as equal as we can make them.

That is what first drew me to the Party nearly six decades ago. While Labour was, generously and big-heartedly, offering me a hand “out”, the Conservatives offered me a hand “up”.

Today there are many young people now who are people who are in just the sought of circumstances that I was then. They need a hand up as well.

– Sir John Major

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