Margaret Curran says SNP is Prime Minister’s ‘best chance’ at general election

David Cameron is “secretly pleased” by the prospect of Scots opting for the SNP at the general election because it remains his “best chance” of staying in power, according to shadow Scottish secretary Margaret Curran.

The Labour politician has predicted that the Prime Minister will “talk up” the nationalists and “talk down” her party when he addresses the Scottish Conservative conference later this week.

Polling suggests the SNP will almost wipe out Labour in Scotland in May’s vote.

Mr Cameron reportedly said the idea of Nationalists linked up with Labour would be “very worrying”.

He told the BBC: “In Scotland, a lot of people vote SNP, they will definitely ally with Labour and I think it is very worrying that you could have a Labour government propped up by a party that actually want to abolish our country.”