Miliband tells Scotland “there will be no deal, no pact, no coalition, no tie-in with the SNP”

Ed Miliband is in Glasgow this evening where he’ll be speaking at a rally following a day of campaigning (he was in Cardiff and Bristol earlier). Conor Pope is there (he’s reporting on Scotland for LabourList at the moment), and sends news of all too familiar grim scenes outside

Inside the rally, Miliband will give a clear and unequivocal message to the Scottish people – “there will be no deal, no pact, no coalition, no tie-in with the SNP”.

Here’s what he’s expected to say:

“I know the people of Scotland want a more just society.

And with food banks, payday lenders and the neglect of the NHS, Scottish people feel there must be no delay.

And that’s why I have a clear message for the people of Scotland today:

Don’t gamble with the SNP.

When you can guarantee change with Labour.

I will never put the Tories into government. I have spent my entire political career fighting them.

But the tragedy is that the SNP may very well might let the Tories in.That’s what could happen if the Tories are the largest party.

But I am also clear there will be no deal, no pact, no coalition, no tie-in with the SNP.

And I don’t say that for tactical reasons.I’m advocating this for principled reasons.

We cannot do a deal with a party that wants to break up the UK when we want to build it up.

We believe in the principles of sharing and solidarity that under-pin the partnerships of four nations that is the modern UK.

The solidarity and sharing is the essence of our belief in and vision of social justice:

That each of us helps the other in times of stress.

That those with the broadest shoulders should help those with the greatest needs when and wherever that need is greatest.

And so we cannot deal with a party that promises to end the sharing and throw solidarity to the winds.

The very sharing and solidarity that is the rock of social justice upon which we stand

If we set England against Scotland, if we set any part of our country against another it does not help working people, it harms working people.

It undermines the ability to share resources.

It drives down wages and conditions in the race to the bottom.

Nationalism doesn’t understand we are stronger not weaker when we look after each other across the whole of our country.

Nationalism never built a school.It never lifted people out of poverty.It never created a welfare state that healed the sick and protected our most vulnerable.

Nationalism cannot create the jobs we need.

And last night we learned something else:There is only one thing the SNP really want:

And that’s another referendum.That’s their priority.That’s their promise.But it is not ours.

Our priority is social justice.

If you want social justice, not separatism vote for it, vote Labour.”