text: Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood ordered an inquiry into claims that a leaked memo shows SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon would prefer a Tory General Election victory . Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood last night ordered an inquiry into claims that a leaked memo shows SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon wants David Cameron to win the Election. The investigation came after Ms Sturgeon claimed she was the victim of Whitehall ‘dirty tricks’. The row followed an allegation she told French ambassador Sylvie Bermann she would prefer a Tory General Election victory – partly because Labour leader Ed Miliband is not ‘PM material’. The leaked memo, drafted by a British civil servant, reported Ms Sturgeon had privately told the diplomat ‘she wouldn’t want a formal coalition with Labour; that the SNP would almost certainly have a large number of seats... she’d rather see David Cameron remain as PM’. The Scottish First Minister yesterday branded the report as ‘100 per cent untrue’ and stressed French officials had also denied the account. She added ‘the real issue is how a second-hand and inaccurate account of this meeting came to be written by a UK Government civil servant, then leaked’. However, her opponents claimed the memo showed the SNP secretly thinks a Tory-led Government in London would make it easier to stoke nationalist resentments and increase the likelihood of a future independent Scotland. It came as sources revealed that the SNP leader is planning to ambush Mr Miliband during the next televised debate. Ms Sturgeon has been plotting with Plaid Cymru’s Leanne Wood to portray Mr Miliband as part of the ‘discredited Westminster establishment’ in a joint ‘Kill Mil’ nationalist pincer movement. Senior Labour figures fear Mr Miliband has made a disastrous misjudgment by taking part in the next debate on April 16. The row follows an allegation Sturgeon (left) told French ambassador Sylvie Bermann she wants David Cameron (right) to win – partly because Labour leader Ed Miliband is not ‘PM material’ Sturgeon denied claims that she secretly hoped Cameron would win the election on her Twitter account (above) Neither David Cameron nor Nick Clegg will take part, leaving the Labour leader to fight it out with the nationalists, Ukip’s Nigel Farage and Green Party leader Natalie Bennett. A Labour source said: ‘If the girls gang up on him then Ed will be toast. ‘He doesn’t know how to handle that sort of thing.’ A Tory Party source said: ‘Miliband is heading towards a giant elephant trap.’
target: Nicola Sturgeon alleged to have made comments to French ambassador .
  Sir Jeremy Heywood ordered probe after she dismissed memo as untrue .