Disagreement over Trident wouldn’t stop the SNP from supporting Labour policies, says Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP, has said that her party would support Labour as a minority government on a policy-by-policy basis, even without a deal on Trident.

The SNP are staunchly opposed to Trident. Sturgeon has in the past implied that Labour’s position on the subject, which is to review Trident but remain “committed to a minimum, credible independent nuclear deterrent”, could stop the SNP supporting a minority Labour government – if that were to arise in May.

She told the Guardian this would not get in the way of the SNP supporting Labour on certain policies, while reiterating her party’s opposition to the nuclear deterrent:

“It’s more likely to be an arrangement where we would support Labour on an issue-by-issue basis. On that basis, there are many issues we could agree on which we would support but we would not vote for Trident.”

“We will never vote for the renewal of Trident; that’s a decision which will fall to be made in the next Westminster parliament. We will never vote for that.”

However, this Saturday Ed Miliband is set to speak at a special one-day Scottish Labour conference and it’s rumoured he’ll reiterate his firm stance that he is against forming a deal with the SNP.