But Ms Sturgeon delivered an outspoken attack on Scotland being ruled by Tory governments “that we have rejected”, sending an indication that she plans to argue that David Cameron does not have a mandate to govern Scotland if he wins a second term.  Her comments could equally apply to a Labour Government if opinion polls showing Ed Miliband’s party being wiped out north of the Border become true and he makes good his promise not to consult the SNP over his Budget or Queen’s Speech.  They came as Stewart Hosie, her deputy, suggested a second referendum could be justified if the Government implemented tough spending and welfare cuts and a day after she refused to say whether the renewal of Trident next year would justify another vote.  Nicola Sturgeon has warned Ed Miliband he would not get a 'free pass'  Ms Sturgeon has repeatedly attempted to reassure voters that backing the SNP next Thursday will not lead to a second referendum, despite some of her candidates saying otherwise.  However, for the first time since last year’s 11-point defeat for the separatists, she questioned whether the victor in a UK general election would have a democratic mandate to govern Scotland.  “Surely a test of legitimacy that should be applied to whatever Westminster government is formed after this election cannot simply be that it is the largest party in England,” she said.  “The test that must be applied is whether a government can build a majority and win support that reflects the whole of the UK. English MPs will always be the largest part of any Westminster majority, but to ignore Scottish voices would be wrong.”  Ms Sturgeon said a minority Labour Government could not assume it had the support of her party’s MPs just because of her “cast-iron commitment” to keep out the Conservatives.  She warned Mr Miliband that she would not allow Labour to be a “paler version of the Tories” and gave the most detailed account yet of how she would use her party’s leverage in a hung parliament to push through a series of Left-wing policies, such as an £8.70 minimum wage.  Labour MPs would be faced with a choice of voting with the Tories for cuts or the SNP for the end of austerity, she said. They will also be invited to vote with the Nationalists to stop the renewal of Trident.  Earlier, Mr Hosie told BBC Radio Scotland that pressure from Scottish voters for a new referendum would be hard to resist if Westminster failed to accommodate the SNP’s spending plans.  A spokesman for the Scottish Conservatives said: “Whoever can command a majority of those members in the House of Commons will be able to form a government regardless of whether they come from Scotland, England, Wales or Northern Ireland. Nobody is being ignored, – this is the parliamentary system.  "The SNP offered an alternative to this system last year when it put forward independence for Scotland. However, the people of Scotland roundly rejected their proposal and said they wanted to remain part of the United Kingdom. The issue was settled then. It is a pity that Nicola Sturgeon is once again seeking to stir resentment and grievance."  The No campaign won the referendum by nearly 11 points  Willie Rennie, the Scottish Liberal Democrat leader, her speech “shows a high degree of arrogance and conceit that the SNP believe they have won the election already before the polls have even opened. They wrongly argue that SNP is for all Scotland and all of Scotland is SNP.”
The First Minister is accused of riding roughshod over the independence   referendum result after arguing the party that forms the next UK Government   cannot just be the largest one in England.