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Tonight, on our Reporting Scotland election special. | :00:00. | :00:19. | |
The polls open in just over 12 hours - | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
the politicians are making their final pitch for your votes. | :00:24. | :00:30. | |
We'll examine the challenges of closing the education gap | :00:31. | :00:35. | |
between the richest and the poorest - and how the different parties | :00:36. | :00:43. | |
the jury at the Liam Fee murder trial hears that the toddler | :00:44. | :00:52. | |
"fell off the radar" of social workers for months after | :00:53. | :00:55. | |
Another blow for the oil industry as the Wood Group | :00:56. | :01:03. | |
And Ray of the Rovers - Dundee United target | :01:04. | :01:09. | |
the Raith manager after sacking Mixu Paatelainen. | :01:10. | :01:23. | |
Six weeks of campaigning are almost over. | :01:24. | :01:34. | |
Scotland's politicians have argued their case and travelled | :01:35. | :01:36. | |
across the country in their quest to secure votes in tomorrow's | :01:37. | :01:40. | |
Let's cross to our Political Editor Brian Taylor who is in Studio A - | :01:41. | :01:44. | |
This is the BBC election the studio. A suitably elevated position. Glen | :01:45. | :02:00. | |
Campbell and I will be on the floor of the studio collating the result | :02:01. | :02:14. | |
that time was that he is gone, I'm what you want. It is time | :02:15. | :02:17. | |
for the core messages. It has become an SNP of them together here by | :02:18. | :02:32. | |
Donald Dewar's is that you Glasgow. Enter the main Cheers. This has been | :02:33. | :02:37. | |
a very personal campaign for a leader seeking a personal mandate. | :02:38. | :02:46. | |
Thank you to you who have been campaigning for the SNP. Not all | :02:47. | :02:57. | |
endorse independence. Thank you to you, sir, for coming up here to show | :02:58. | :03:03. | |
what a democratic society we have. The SNP know that they have to get | :03:04. | :03:09. | |
their vote out. I have confidence that the people of Scotland will | :03:10. | :03:12. | |
continue to keep moving forward with the SNP. Nicola Sturgeon said that | :03:13. | :03:20. | |
her aim was to make Scotland stronger, wealthier and fairer. We | :03:21. | :03:27. | |
want to invest record sums in the health service, double childcare, | :03:28. | :03:31. | |
reform education, support of small businesses to create jobs and be a | :03:32. | :03:34. | |
reform education, support of small government that stands up and is | :03:35. | :03:42. | |
stronger for Scotland. The subject of their search for photographs | :03:43. | :03:47. | |
stronger for Scotland. The subject hope will remain as First Minister. | :03:48. | :03:54. | |
Taking the applause as the Labour campaign approaches an end. A street | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
stall in the heart of Edinburgh where the party have high hopes. | :04:00. | :04:04. | |
Desired Dugdale is leading a party that was battered and bruised in the | :04:05. | :04:09. | |
general election. She has been trying to send a clear message. If | :04:10. | :04:15. | |
you want to stop cuts, and see our politicians make different choices | :04:16. | :04:19. | |
do the Tories, invest in the future and protect the NHS, you have to use | :04:20. | :04:25. | |
both vote for Labour. She embarked on more sedate photocalls than some | :04:26. | :04:30. | |
of her rivals, baking and cycling. The Conservatives have been trying | :04:31. | :04:37. | |
to catch up and overtake. Labour characters from even ten years ago | :04:38. | :04:40. | |
would struggle to believe that challenge their party is facing. The | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
balance of power in Scottish politics has well and truly shifted. | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
Will the leader's position be secure if the Tories get second place? I | :04:52. | :04:58. | |
have always said that the job was for the Wii have two renew the dish | :04:59. | :05:01. | |
Labour Party and continue to do that. Where do Labour's fortunes | :05:02. | :05:08. | |
like? We will see which way the wind blows tomorrow. | :05:09. | :05:14. | |
After a campaign featuring a helicopter trip around Scotland, a | :05:15. | :05:21. | |
stint as a bus driver. Even some time on the back of a buffalo. Ruth | :05:22. | :05:28. | |
Davidson approaches the electoral finishing line. No prizes for | :05:29. | :05:33. | |
spotting the message. She has put her own appeal at the heart of the | :05:34. | :05:38. | |
bid to turn around Tory fortunes in Scotland. The Tories believe they | :05:39. | :05:41. | |
are on the brink of an electoral breakthrough. They believe they can | :05:42. | :05:47. | |
call the next Scottish Government to account. I will lead a strong | :05:48. | :05:53. | |
opposition in the Scottish parliament, which says no to any | :05:54. | :05:59. | |
attempt that attempts to bring back more division on independence and to | :06:00. | :06:03. | |
make sure that Parliament works for all people. Ms Davidson is hoping | :06:04. | :06:06. | |
that some will vote Tory for the first time tomorrow. There are | :06:07. | :06:14. | |
natural conservatives who would never have considered voting for the | :06:15. | :06:18. | |
Conservatives before but they want a job done, they want someone, anyone, | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
to hold the SNP to account. I think that is a job I can do to create a | :06:24. | :06:26. | |
to hold the SNP to account. I think better government in Scotland. Will | :06:27. | :06:28. | |
you finish second tomorrow? Yes. And better government in Scotland. Will | :06:29. | :06:34. | |
back to the streets hoping to win those last votes. In just over a | :06:35. | :06:40. | |
day's time, we will know whether the name will stick. Why vote Lib Dem? | :06:41. | :06:54. | |
They spell out their final message. A precarious position but they argue | :06:55. | :06:59. | |
if people want Scotland to be the best, they need to invest in | :07:00. | :07:06. | |
learning. 1p on a sacrifice will deliver ?5 million of investment for | :07:07. | :07:09. | |
education, nurseries, schools, colleges, to make Scotland one of | :07:10. | :07:13. | |
the best educated countries in the world again. He's had an action | :07:14. | :07:21. | |
packed campaign. Exploring the great outdoors, a few memorable visits | :07:22. | :07:26. | |
along the campaign trail and the highlight of this election? He says, | :07:27. | :07:29. | |
they're turning the tide in their favour. Liberal Democrats are back | :07:30. | :07:35. | |
to the best. There has been some great fun in the campaign, going | :07:36. | :07:42. | |
down zip wires, some slides, adventure parks, misbehaving pigs in | :07:43. | :07:45. | |
the background. It has all been great fun and it shows we have | :07:46. | :07:50. | |
energy and dynamism. Pounding the pavements this afternoon. Back on | :07:51. | :07:56. | |
home turf for the Lib Dem leader still trying to convince undecided | :07:57. | :07:57. | |
voters. The offerings from the four main | :07:58. | :08:11. | |
parties in this Holyrood contest. Of course, this contest is about more | :08:12. | :08:14. | |
than that. There are other significant voices. Let's hear from | :08:15. | :08:21. | |
a couple of them. We can close the chronic inequality gap in our | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
society. We can invest in homes and jobs for the future that will last | :08:27. | :08:35. | |
long-term. Scotland can protect our homes from threats like fracking. We | :08:36. | :08:40. | |
can only do it if we push the government beyond its comfort zone. | :08:41. | :08:51. | |
Ukip want to be different. We want to shake it up. That is what the | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
people of Scotland want. What is your take on the campaign itself? | :08:57. | :09:04. | |
We've been used to a discourse that has been torrid. By contrast, this | :09:05. | :09:09. | |
campaign has been fatally tepid. Perhaps because it comes in the | :09:10. | :09:14. | |
middle of a whole series of electoral contests with the European | :09:15. | :09:19. | |
referendum to come. Perhaps it is because a single outcome is far and | :09:20. | :09:23. | |
away the most likely. That has contributed to the nature of the | :09:24. | :09:42. | |
This is a deeply significant. The relatively genteel nature of the | :09:43. | :10:11. | |
campaign is it is possible that the good and sensible people of Scotland | :10:12. | :10:19. | |
are weighing up a big choice and make their decisions, calm and | :10:20. | :10:25. | |
thankful. Return to election matters in the rest of the day is | :10:26. | :10:29. | |
A day is nursery manager has told a murder trial that | :10:30. | :10:33. | |
of injuries on toddler Liam Fee over a period of three months. | :10:34. | :10:39. | |
The high court in Livingston also heard that Liam Fee | :10:40. | :10:42. | |
"fell off the radar" of social workers | :10:43. | :10:44. | |
for a few months after an initial investigation into concerns. | :10:45. | :10:46. | |
William defended the centre is Kircaldy for around three months. | :10:47. | :10:56. | |
This was the manager at the time and described him as good-natured and | :10:57. | :10:57. | |
classic. She said the marks on his body and | :10:58. | :11:12. | |
his loses to several parts of his body. His mother explained these by | :11:13. | :11:19. | |
saying that Liam Fee has been missing himself. The services index | :11:20. | :11:32. | |
investigated and he was you from the nursery. Patrician Smith said that | :11:33. | :11:41. | |
Liam Fee was found in a Vulcan with a blanket over his head. He said... | :11:42. | :12:06. | |
An investigation was carried out into Liam's home life after concerns | :12:07. | :12:16. | |
were raised by a childminder. No action was taken because they said | :12:17. | :12:19. | |
they had received a plausible explanation. Then a social worker | :12:20. | :12:27. | |
was off sick and Liam fell off the radar. Further concerns were raised | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
in the summer. The defendants deny the charges. The trial continues. | :12:33. | :12:36. | |
The UK could be about to take more child refugees from Syria. | :12:37. | :12:41. | |
The Prime Minister is in talks with local councils to see what more | :12:42. | :12:44. | |
can be done to help unaccompanied children fleeing violence. | :12:45. | :12:46. | |
This afternoon Syrians living in Glasgow gathered to highlight | :12:47. | :12:48. | |
This man fled serious months ago. Most of his family have fled, some | :12:49. | :13:08. | |
have been killed. He is disappointed by David Cameron's announcement. | :13:09. | :13:14. | |
It's definitely not enough. I heard it's going to be for the next ten | :13:15. | :13:20. | |
years. Maybe taking some children and some... I think we need to do | :13:21. | :13:27. | |
more. Others feel the same. They miss their homeland and would like | :13:28. | :13:37. | |
the UK to help in the war. We say thanks for this but we need | :13:38. | :13:40. | |
something for Syrian people in Syria. Since the conflict began, 11 | :13:41. | :13:47. | |
million people have been forced from their homes. Last year, Westminster | :13:48. | :13:53. | |
said that the UK would accept 20,000 refugees from Syria over the next | :13:54. | :13:58. | |
five years. It has come under pressure to take in children who are | :13:59. | :14:03. | |
on their own. This 18-year-old student agrees with David Cameron | :14:04. | :14:07. | |
that taking low refugees would encourage more parents to send their | :14:08. | :14:12. | |
children. They would definitely send them because they would want to give | :14:13. | :14:17. | |
them their best hope. That is a problem with announcing they will | :14:18. | :14:23. | |
take in refugees. It is up to Westminster to decide whether to | :14:24. | :14:26. | |
take lone children fleeing violence in Syria. The Scottish Government | :14:27. | :14:32. | |
has said they will support any refugees fleeing Syria. | :14:33. | :14:36. | |
A review's underway into just what went wrong with this year's | :14:37. | :14:39. | |
BBC Scotland revealed last night that one of the question papers | :14:40. | :14:44. | |
had to be replaced at short notice amid concern | :14:45. | :14:46. | |
Tens of thousands of candidates will sit the exam tomorrow. | :14:47. | :14:52. | |
Our education correspondent Jamie McIvor is here. | :14:53. | :14:53. | |
Are we any closer to finding out just what actually happened? | :14:54. | :14:57. | |
There is some way to go before the full facts are made public. A review | :14:58. | :15:09. | |
is being carried out. The SQA don't believe the problem was with their | :15:10. | :15:14. | |
own systems and services. They described it as an isolated external | :15:15. | :15:19. | |
factor. It perhaps moves the investigation on towards what | :15:20. | :15:23. | |
happened after the exam papers were delivered. The SQA won't give any | :15:24. | :15:27. | |
more details well the review is underway. Councils have been given | :15:28. | :15:31. | |
no more information about what the actual issue was. Last year, we had | :15:32. | :15:37. | |
problems with the maths paper, are we happy that a replacement paper | :15:38. | :15:43. | |
can be found within weeks? It is a tight deadline. The SQA says that | :15:44. | :15:52. | |
all exams are subject to the same rigorous scrutiny. Clearly, it is a | :15:53. | :15:57. | |
very tight timescale producing the paper, even though the SQA says it | :15:58. | :16:06. | |
has spare material. If you can reassure candidates, in a subject | :16:07. | :16:14. | |
like English, a lot depends on the quality of the marking and the | :16:15. | :16:20. | |
guidance given by Marcus. It will proved to be a question. | :16:21. | :16:24. | |
Hundreds of jobs are set to go at the oil services | :16:25. | :16:27. | |
It describes it as "streamlining" in response to challenges | :16:28. | :16:30. | |
Our reporter, John McManus joins us from Aberdeen Harbour. | :16:31. | :16:33. | |
They employ more than 6000 people onshore in the UK. Tonight they said | :16:34. | :16:46. | |
300 are going to lose their jobs after a company consultation. That | :16:47. | :16:50. | |
might not sound so surprising in the current climate but they've been | :16:51. | :16:52. | |
talking about their success recently. They said they had secured | :16:53. | :17:00. | |
a new project in Azerbaijan and they said they had new work in the North | :17:01. | :17:05. | |
Sea. Nevertheless the company says it needs to look to the future of | :17:06. | :17:08. | |
the oil industry on what the landscape will be like and how it | :17:09. | :17:12. | |
will fit into that. They said they will need to streamline and these | :17:13. | :17:14. | |
job losses are part of that streamlining. The culprit is the | :17:15. | :17:21. | |
continuing low price of oil. This time two years ago a barrel of oil | :17:22. | :17:28. | |
was worth $110 and today it is $45. That is after the price has rallied | :17:29. | :17:32. | |
slightly. The organisation which looks after that oil has tried to | :17:33. | :17:43. | |
come together to get the price to rise. The squeeze might continue for | :17:44. | :17:48. | |
some time to come as they have been rise. The squeeze might continue for | :17:49. | :17:52. | |
unable to do that. The European aviation safety agency has ordered | :17:53. | :17:58. | |
checks on the model of helicopter that was involved in the crash in | :17:59. | :18:02. | |
Norway on Friday. They said the gearboxes of those vehicles must be | :18:03. | :18:08. | |
checked. Offshore workers died in that crash including Ian Stewart | :18:09. | :18:13. | |
from Aberdeenshire. A look at other stories | :18:14. | :18:15. | |
from across the country. A landlord who kept deposits worth | :18:16. | :18:25. | |
almost ?7,000 has been barred from renting out his properties. He | :18:26. | :18:33. | |
managed the letting firm Better Homes Glasgow. He was found to not | :18:34. | :18:37. | |
be fit and proper and removed from the register. A couple who died in a | :18:38. | :18:40. | |
head-on crash in here share have the register. A couple who died in a | :18:41. | :18:50. | |
been named as -- names. The truck driver that collated was uninjured. | :18:51. | :18:55. | |
Police are appealing for witnesses. The Hebridean whale and Dolphin | :18:56. | :18:59. | |
trust is to study what effect ship traffic has on wildlife. They will | :19:00. | :19:06. | |
match the movement of boats on that of whales and dolphins. They said it | :19:07. | :19:08. | |
is the first time they have attempted such a project. The | :19:09. | :19:15. | |
chairman of Inverness city arts group has quit in a row over this | :19:16. | :19:21. | |
art installation. He said he did not believe the gathering Place was a | :19:22. | :19:27. | |
viable concept. 200 people have opposed it. | :19:28. | :19:34. | |
The port of Leith is home to more than a thousand artists, | :19:35. | :19:37. | |
writers and performers - this weekend three of them will take | :19:38. | :19:39. | |
to the stage as the Men From Leith - part of an ongoing cultural | :19:40. | :19:43. | |
Our arts correspondent Pauline McLean reports. | :19:44. | :20:00. | |
Ross Wilson and Dean Owens have always sung the praises of their | :20:01. | :20:05. | |
native Leith. This weekend they will take it one stage further with a | :20:06. | :20:14. | |
concert. I have a song which I wrote about my dad and growing up in Leith | :20:15. | :20:17. | |
and I had the idea of getting people with strong links to Leith together | :20:18. | :20:25. | |
to do a special concert. This once vibrant port brought many things to | :20:26. | :20:29. | |
Leith, not least people, and the culture they brought with them from | :20:30. | :20:34. | |
all parts of the world. A recent survey found more than 1000 artists | :20:35. | :20:39. | |
and arts organisations are based here. Here we are in the main | :20:40. | :20:45. | |
auditorium of the theatre. It has been out of use since 1989. Leith | :20:46. | :20:50. | |
Theatre was a gift from the people of Edinburgh to the people of Leith | :20:51. | :20:54. | |
in 1920 when the borough was merged. Now it is a number of spaces being | :20:55. | :21:02. | |
reopened, they hope, in time for the festival. It is a renaissance but | :21:03. | :21:08. | |
the building has been used so well that we are standing on the | :21:09. | :21:14. | |
shoulders of giants, who have already put international opera, | :21:15. | :21:18. | |
rock 'n' roll here. This building was a gift to the people of Leith | :21:19. | :21:22. | |
and we want to give it back to the people and have this place thriving | :21:23. | :21:29. | |
again. The men of Leith are already on the case. Their concert, they | :21:30. | :21:34. | |
hope, the first of many celebrating the area's Rich cultural heritage. | :21:35. | :21:39. | |
We were talking about what Leith means no. In the context of history. | :21:40. | :21:43. | |
This is a starting point. Dundee United are looking | :21:44. | :21:52. | |
for a new manager - and for the moment they're looking | :21:53. | :21:59. | |
no further than the man in charge of championship club | :22:00. | :22:02. | |
Raith Rovers Ray McKinnon. United, who've been relegated | :22:03. | :22:05. | |
to the championship have parted They are also letting eight players | :22:06. | :22:20. | |
go at the end of season including Rankin. | :22:21. | :22:25. | |
Confirmation of what was widely suspected last night. The manager | :22:26. | :22:34. | |
leaving the training base, sacked after six months in charge. This | :22:35. | :22:41. | |
Dundee United statement confirmed the departure of Mixu Paatelainen | :22:42. | :22:42. | |
with immediate effect. The search has already thrown up a | :22:43. | :22:58. | |
favoured candidate, Ray MacKinnon is preparing his team for a clash | :22:59. | :23:02. | |
tonight but he is understood to be at the top of the short list. The | :23:03. | :23:08. | |
chairman would need to compensate the club for his services. Before | :23:09. | :23:11. | |
that they needed to tell some of the players that their contracts would | :23:12. | :23:16. | |
not be renewed. The players who remain will soon have a new manager | :23:17. | :23:20. | |
and a new challenge, to take the club back to the top-flight | :23:21. | :23:21. | |
straightaway. Well, Ray MacKinnon's Raith Rovers | :23:22. | :23:21. | |
are playing tonight. They're at home to Hibs in the first | :23:22. | :23:23. | |
leg of the play offs Brian is at Starks Park and he has | :23:24. | :23:27. | |
the Man United want with him. Brian is at Starks Park and he has | :23:28. | :23:33. | |
the man United want with him. Good evening. This is a huge match | :23:34. | :23:46. | |
and the man who is wanted is with me. This is a huge match tonight. It | :23:47. | :23:53. | |
is. We've worked really hard this season to get where we are and | :23:54. | :23:56. | |
hopefully we can continue the form we are in and get a result. Unbeaten | :23:57. | :24:06. | |
in 11 games, are you the form team? Performance wise, we are unbeaten in | :24:07. | :24:09. | |
the last quarter. You are right, we are in good form and the players | :24:10. | :24:15. | |
the last quarter. You are right, we have put in good performances. Is | :24:16. | :24:20. | |
that an attractive job for you, Dundee United? It is flattering to | :24:21. | :24:31. | |
be linked with jobs but my focus is to make sure Raith Rovers are | :24:32. | :24:43. | |
successful. You played for the club twice, how big a job would that be | :24:44. | :24:48. | |
for somebody like yourself? Honestly, I know this is going to | :24:49. | :24:52. | |
sound crazy but right this minute it does not interest me because I've | :24:53. | :24:56. | |
got to focus on my job here, my loyalty lies with these players, | :24:57. | :25:00. | |
we've got into a fantastic position and I want to see these guys make a | :25:01. | :25:04. | |
statement. My only focus is Raith Rovers right now. The form of the | :25:05. | :25:09. | |
players has put you in this position. You are a wanted man. That | :25:10. | :25:16. | |
is down to the players, the bonus for them is there is an opportunity | :25:17. | :25:20. | |
to get to the Premier League. I said that to them. This is an | :25:21. | :25:26. | |
opportunity. Let's grab it and progress through the final stages of | :25:27. | :25:28. | |
the season and make it a really memorable season. I am totally | :25:29. | :25:35. | |
focused. Best of luck tonight. I'm sure there's more to come. | :25:36. | :25:41. | |
And there's live coverage of tonight's match between Raith Rovers | :25:42. | :25:43. | |
and Hibernian on Radio Scotland 810 MW, on digital and online. | :25:44. | :25:47. | |
Partick Thistle's manager is staying put for a wee while anyway. | :25:48. | :25:49. | |
Alan Archibald has agreed a new contract with the | :25:50. | :25:52. | |
club who could still end up in a play off to avoid relegation | :25:53. | :25:55. | |
Archibald's signed up till the summer of 2019. | :25:56. | :26:06. | |
Some rugby news now because a former Scotland captain | :26:07. | :26:08. | |
is retiring from the sport - to start a whisky | :26:09. | :26:10. | |
Chris Cusiter was made skipper under Andy Robinson and won seventy caps. | :26:11. | :26:15. | |
The scrum half also played for Glasgow Warriors, | :26:16. | :26:16. | |
One old team mate also remembers him for something else. | :26:17. | :26:27. | |
We used to play guitar together, I wrote a few songs for him. Hopefully | :26:28. | :26:33. | |
he can make it big in California where he is moving. He's been a | :26:34. | :26:37. | |
great guy, coming over here, he'd done so much already. | :26:38. | :26:49. | |
Olympic Silver medal winner Luke Patience will compete at this | :26:50. | :26:51. | |
The yachtsman's place in the team was in | :26:52. | :26:54. | |
doubt after his sailing partner Elliot Wills | :26:55. | :26:56. | |
But Patience's selection has now been confirmed. | :26:57. | :26:59. | |
He'll compete in the men's 4-70 class with new partner Chris Grube. | :27:00. | :27:04. | |
Is there a change on the way in the weather, Christopher? | :27:05. | :27:12. | |
It has been a fairly cloudy day for many, there has been some balls in | :27:13. | :27:22. | |
the cloud and some rain. The rain will steadily make it so. | :27:23. | :27:36. | |
Temperatures tonight will not be too cold, frost free. Cloudy start | :27:37. | :27:44. | |
across the south-east. For many, it is a dry and fine day. Let's take a | :27:45. | :27:50. | |
look at the details. You will see what I mean. Many areas, some | :27:51. | :27:55. | |
sunshine, that front bringing patchy outbreaks. Quite breezy. The wind | :27:56. | :28:04. | |
will ease. Temperatures 15 degrees will be quite pleasant. Towards the | :28:05. | :28:14. | |
Highlands and Islands, that showery rain will hold on. That will push | :28:15. | :28:20. | |
into the Northern Isles. As we head into the rest of the afternoon, the | :28:21. | :28:26. | |
rain fades away. Largely dry as we had overnight. Freddie itself is | :28:27. | :28:32. | |
driver most. Some spots of light rain but for many, some sunshine. | :28:33. | :28:39. | |
Temperatures will creep up in the south-west. To the weekend. | :28:40. | :28:45. | |
Saturday, unsettled, rain at times. Sunday, dry, some sunshine, warming | :28:46. | :28:49. | |
up. Here's the details on Saturday. Rain pushing up. Colder in eastern | :28:50. | :29:00. | |
Scotland. Sunday, we lose the rain but we hold the warmer conditions. | :29:01. | :29:07. | |
21 degrees likely. It will be called a river breeze. | :29:08. | :29:11. | |
Still to come on tonight's election special. | :29:12. | :29:15. | |
With 12 hours left to opening of the polling stations | :29:16. | :29:20. | |
the politicians make their final bid to get your votes. | :29:21. | :29:36. | |
And we look back at some of those lighter and more memorable moments | :29:37. | :29:40. | |
If there's one issue that's dominated the election campaign, | :29:41. | :29:52. | |
it is how the competing parties intend to use the new | :29:53. | :29:58. | |
The other side of that particular coin are their spending priorities. | :29:59. | :30:01. | |
But there are much bigger budget pressures that haven't been getting | :30:02. | :30:03. | |
Here's our business and economy editor, Douglas Fraser. | :30:04. | :30:10. | |
The fifth election for the Scottish parliament is the first significant | :30:11. | :30:18. | |
tax powers. It explains why tax has been so important to the debate. | :30:19. | :30:25. | |
From next April, almost every aspect of income tax will be decided at | :30:26. | :30:30. | |
Holyrood, including the rates for each band. The basic rate will still | :30:31. | :30:42. | |
be for Westminster synthesised. About ?10 billion of revenue should | :30:43. | :30:46. | |
be raised directly wealth of the grant is either save amount. The | :30:47. | :30:57. | |
rate of VAT cannot be changed. For 17 years, they have the power to | :30:58. | :31:01. | |
warm or replace council tax and has this rate that they have done so. | :31:02. | :31:08. | |
Why? Tax is complex and politically tricky. On the spending side of | :31:09. | :31:15. | |
violence, Holyrood will continue to raise money for housing, welfare, | :31:16. | :31:27. | |
transport, education. MPs will have to decide what to do about budget | :31:28. | :31:29. | |
changes already announced a First Minister. The starting point for the | :31:30. | :31:42. | |
40% and is to be cut. Department spending cuts, cuts mean that half a | :31:43. | :31:57. | |
billion less is coming to Scotland each year. To reversal that the | :31:58. | :32:04. | |
elite for ?2 million. What of the parties plan to do? The | :32:05. | :32:11. | |
Conservatives are against tax pieces that are not advocating cuts either. | :32:12. | :32:20. | |
They say that a tax should impose on graduates. If Patrick Harvie | :32:21. | :32:33. | |
controls the purse strings, he wants to increase tax for higher others. | :32:34. | :32:43. | |
Kezia Dugdale's priorities are education and health. Willie | :32:44. | :32:49. | |
Rennie's priority is again education. The SNP wants to | :32:50. | :33:00. | |
claw-back cuts for high earners. There will be far-reaching reform on | :33:01. | :33:07. | |
how money is spent for public services. That is before we start | :33:08. | :33:12. | |
reform of council tax and business rates. On the Chancellor's current | :33:13. | :33:26. | |
plans to balance the UK budget, there will be still a significant | :33:27. | :33:31. | |
cut in the Scottish budget. The tax plans of SNP Labour, Conservative 's | :33:32. | :33:40. | |
exception will not make good the amount of money cut from different | :33:41. | :33:49. | |
budgets. The level of debate doesn't seem to have reached the scale of | :33:50. | :33:54. | |
the challenge. Whoever raises the challenges can pull the levers on | :33:55. | :34:03. | |
prepared for the consequences, unintended, unexpected and possibly | :34:04. | :34:04. | |
unwelcome. Twenty months ago the voting age | :34:05. | :34:06. | |
was lowered in Scotland We heard then from teenagers | :34:07. | :34:08. | |
about how the campaign had got them excited about politics | :34:09. | :34:13. | |
and interested in the issues. They're now preparing to vote | :34:14. | :34:15. | |
for the second time - Here's our political | :34:16. | :34:18. | |
correspondent Nick Eardley. Tomorrow is the second time that 16 | :34:19. | :34:29. | |
and 17-year-olds will be able to vote at an election in Scotland. The | :34:30. | :34:34. | |
first time was the independence referendum in 2014. We've decided to | :34:35. | :34:39. | |
catch up with some of those voters to see if they are still politically | :34:40. | :34:41. | |
engaged. I am joined by one yes to see if they are still politically | :34:42. | :34:50. | |
votes and one no voter. Are you still involved in politics? I am | :34:51. | :34:57. | |
still involved like a lot of young people. I did some campaigning for | :34:58. | :35:05. | |
the 2016 election and 2015 election but not to the extent of the | :35:06. | :35:10. | |
independence referendum. Because of that whole I fear of it being a | :35:11. | :35:13. | |
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We are now back to regular business. | :35:14. | :35:22. | |
Are you still engaged? 100% agree with what Lewis says. I still follow | :35:23. | :35:26. | |
politics and read of what is happening but I'm not as actively | :35:27. | :35:33. | |
involved as I was the referendum. Do you think this referendum is as | :35:34. | :35:38. | |
exciting for young people, you think exciting options are on offer? | :35:39. | :35:44. | |
Similarly, for me, no. Being given the vote was excited and obviously I | :35:45. | :35:50. | |
am going to research by options. I am going to make my vote based on | :35:51. | :35:55. | |
that. Comparing it to the referendum, there is not that much | :35:56. | :36:01. | |
of a vase, personally. The issue of tuition fees, education, has been to | :36:02. | :36:07. | |
the fore of this election. Is that something you are excited by? It is | :36:08. | :36:13. | |
something that makes Scottish elections more exciting. All over | :36:14. | :36:18. | |
here, education has come to the forefront. It is the Scottish | :36:19. | :36:23. | |
parliament making those decisions. There is something on offer and it | :36:24. | :36:27. | |
is the Green Party and Ukip and smaller parties that normally aren't | :36:28. | :36:33. | |
at the forefront and don't really have a chance are therefore a first | :36:34. | :36:39. | |
time and have a chance and young people can make their voice heard | :36:40. | :36:42. | |
through these new exciting parties. You think for signal representation | :36:43. | :36:48. | |
helps people involved themselves because more options are on the | :36:49. | :36:53. | |
table? I think personally because so many more parties have been taking | :36:54. | :36:58. | |
seeds and votes, that has aspired young people to think that the | :36:59. | :37:04. | |
parties they support have a chance and this will make it more exciting | :37:05. | :37:09. | |
for them. Have either of you changed your mind on how you voted 2014? I | :37:10. | :37:16. | |
haven't changed my mind that if there was a referendum tomorrow I | :37:17. | :37:24. | |
wouldn't be sure. I would still say the same. On Friday, we will be | :37:25. | :37:31. | |
catching up with generation 2016 to see how they voted. | :37:32. | :37:34. | |
Whoever gets into government at Holyrood will be in charge | :37:35. | :37:36. | |
Currently young people from more affluent areas of Scotland are four | :37:37. | :37:39. | |
times more likely to start university than those | :37:40. | :37:41. | |
So what are the parties proposing to tackle the complex problem | :37:42. | :37:45. | |
Our education correspondent Jamie McIvor reports. | :37:46. | :37:52. | |
In politics some say it is only worth making when somebody else | :37:53. | :37:58. | |
would argue the opposite with equal conviction. When it comes to | :37:59. | :38:05. | |
education, no sane politician would say they don't want children to get | :38:06. | :38:08. | |
the best start in life whether their parents are rich or poor. The debate | :38:09. | :38:13. | |
is whether their policies have of whether enough is being done. A | :38:14. | :38:17. | |
debate that has gone on for generations. After the war, class | :38:18. | :38:22. | |
barriers started to break down and social mobility increased. 70 years | :38:23. | :38:28. | |
after the foundation of the modern welfare state real inequality | :38:29. | :38:32. | |
remains. One way of- and disadvantage is the relatively low | :38:33. | :38:36. | |
proportion of people from poorer areas who go to university. You need | :38:37. | :38:42. | |
to think about the farriers young people face. One of the things of | :38:43. | :38:49. | |
living in poverty is that you can't get out of your environment. You | :38:50. | :38:50. | |
can't They are going to try and push | :38:51. | :39:22. | |
everyone to go to university and that is their goal. My mum and dad | :39:23. | :39:28. | |
have always believed in me and have done their best to get me to go to | :39:29. | :39:32. | |
university because they themselves didn't have their best upbringing. | :39:33. | :39:43. | |
It starts in primary schools, in the series, then continues. Children who | :39:44. | :39:51. | |
do well, it is the drip, drip, drip effect of a school system doing | :39:52. | :39:55. | |
right by them. The most important thing is the quality of the teacher. | :39:56. | :40:00. | |
A year with a good teacher will advance their progress by a year and | :40:01. | :40:06. | |
a half. Education is a key battle ground. Labour say they would raise | :40:07. | :40:15. | |
cash from a 50p top rate of tax on earners. The Conservatives want | :40:16. | :40:22. | |
ambitious targets to improve numeracy and literacy. It is a | :40:23. | :40:27. | |
complex question with no simple answers. It is about far more than | :40:28. | :40:32. | |
helping some young people to get to university. It is about helping all | :40:33. | :40:38. | |
young people to reach their potential. Including those who drop | :40:39. | :40:45. | |
out. It is also about social policy and economics. While politicians can | :40:46. | :40:50. | |
be held to account for the education system overall, this is ultimately | :40:51. | :40:55. | |
about the lives of individuals teenagers and children. Can policies | :40:56. | :40:59. | |
really change people's lives or merely do things that hindered those | :41:00. | :41:03. | |
striving to achieve their goals gesture marked | :41:04. | :41:12. | |
All the main political parties have had something to say about building | :41:13. | :41:17. | |
In his series on issues affecting rural areas, | :41:18. | :41:25. | |
Ian Hamilton has been to the isle of Skye to find out how | :41:26. | :41:28. | |
the provision of suitable housing can make a huge difference | :41:29. | :41:31. | |
to creating - and maintaining - a sustainable community. | :41:32. | :41:34. | |
98% of Scotland's landmass is classified as rural. Our rural areas | :41:35. | :41:42. | |
are an attractive option for a second home or to retire. But there | :41:43. | :41:49. | |
is a knock-on effect, locals priced out of the housing market. One | :41:50. | :41:54. | |
option is to build a home on family land. A tradition in places like | :41:55. | :42:00. | |
Skye. But since the financial crash it is difficult to get a mortgage. | :42:01. | :42:09. | |
Rachel is a nurse on Skye. Her husband has a stable job. They can't | :42:10. | :42:14. | |
get a mortgage. To save for their own home that they have moved into a | :42:15. | :42:20. | |
static caravan. The banks think it is a risk to lend on a self build | :42:21. | :42:24. | |
because projects might not be completed. So they have just made a | :42:25. | :42:33. | |
blanket cover. They hear the word self build and they don't want to | :42:34. | :42:43. | |
lend on that. Skye is the same size as the country of Luxembourg with a | :42:44. | :42:49. | |
population of 12,000 500. They have a housing waiting list of 400. This | :42:50. | :42:59. | |
is a one-bedroom flat. This housing the station has just built these | :43:00. | :43:02. | |
flats. They should be occupied by June. They have also constructed a | :43:03. | :43:09. | |
three-bedroom family home for rent. Adele and her family moved in last | :43:10. | :43:15. | |
year. The idea is to keep young families on the island and to | :43:16. | :43:18. | |
attract key workers. One raw housing families on the island and to | :43:19. | :43:22. | |
expert says it is time for politicians to be more radical. | :43:23. | :43:29. | |
Maybe the time has come to regard rural housing as part of the | :43:30. | :43:33. | |
infrastructure required for the economic well-being of the | :43:34. | :43:39. | |
communities. If so, maybe we should look at compulsory purchasing land | :43:40. | :43:51. | |
for housing. Locals say they should try to retain landowners as well as | :43:52. | :43:59. | |
a second home owners. Amid the last-minute campaigning, BBC will be | :44:00. | :44:03. | |
ringing you the overnight election programme when the results start | :44:04. | :44:12. | |
pouring in. Rehearsals have been going on and we have been looking | :44:13. | :44:18. | |
behind the scenes. I am behind the scenes of the set for the election | :44:19. | :44:21. | |
coverage. Rehearsals have been happening all week. Let me show you | :44:22. | :44:27. | |
around. You've got a bag of people at the back. They take in | :44:28. | :44:34. | |
information and convert it into graphics. Further down we have the | :44:35. | :44:39. | |
people bringing in that information and converting it into the news | :44:40. | :44:43. | |
stream. Jackie Bird sets in her own studio up there. The programme is | :44:44. | :44:50. | |
anchored by Glen Campbell. I'll have the rehearsals been going? Well, but | :44:51. | :44:59. | |
it does not matter how many times you practice scenarios, you only | :45:00. | :45:04. | |
have one set of real results and you need to deal with them when they | :45:05. | :45:08. | |
come in. We are across the country with teams and election counts from | :45:09. | :45:16. | |
Shetland to Dumfries. I will let you crack on. Brian Taylor, no election | :45:17. | :45:21. | |
complete without him. 1979 was your first one. I covered it for the | :45:22. | :45:26. | |
newspapers. There was a referendum that year as well. Things are still | :45:27. | :45:35. | |
comparable to that. Every election is different and exciting. Something | :45:36. | :45:43. | |
different this year is the fact that 16 and 17-year-olds can vote. What | :45:44. | :45:48. | |
are you going to be doing on the night? We are going to be the | :45:49. | :45:54. | |
alternative, keeping a very close eye on social media, what people are | :45:55. | :46:01. | |
saying, reacting to the stories and using hash tags. We will have | :46:02. | :46:06. | |
bloggers, journalists, writers, spin doctors loving us their views on how | :46:07. | :46:10. | |
the campaign went and speaking to the young voters, generation 2016. | :46:11. | :46:26. | |
It is not looking impressive just now, here. You've got to use your | :46:27. | :46:30. | |
imagination. You don't see anything but this is augmented reality. | :46:31. | :46:35. | |
Through the wonders of technology we can bring up this map of Scotland. | :46:36. | :46:42. | |
This is the 2011 result, it sets out who won in different constituencies. | :46:43. | :46:50. | |
If you step too far... This gives us an opportunity to tell the story. | :46:51. | :46:55. | |
The map will presumably change as the night goes on. This is the TV | :46:56. | :47:06. | |
gallery where people in charge of the programme set. The first results | :47:07. | :47:13. | |
are expected at 1:30am. And from that election studio | :47:14. | :47:22. | |
where we'll bring you the results - to the Scottish Parliament - | :47:23. | :47:24. | |
where - of course - all the candidates are | :47:25. | :47:27. | |
hoping to find a seat. Our political correspondent, Andrew | :47:28. | :47:29. | |
Kerr is there for us tonight. All those seats lying empty at | :47:30. | :47:46. | |
Holyrood. Quite a lot of tourists around and members of the press | :47:47. | :47:50. | |
kicking around. I'm delighted to be joined by colleagues from the | :47:51. | :47:56. | |
Holyrood press corps. Thank you for joining me. Not the most exciting | :47:57. | :48:03. | |
campaign, but the polls suggest which way this is going. That is | :48:04. | :48:08. | |
right. We were told by the parties going into this campaign that it was | :48:09. | :48:11. | |
going to be Holyrood's most important election yet because of | :48:12. | :48:15. | |
all these new tax powers. You would not know it from talking to voters. | :48:16. | :48:19. | |
They don't seem engaged by this in the way that they were in 2015 and | :48:20. | :48:24. | |
during the referendum. Part of that is because the SNP have this huge | :48:25. | :48:28. | |
lead in the polls and it is a race for second place. What do you make | :48:29. | :48:38. | |
of this campaign? It does not compare. What if you had an election | :48:39. | :48:44. | |
and nobody came? It has had that air about it. Somebody shouting over | :48:45. | :48:47. | |
there who seems to be getting engaged... The problem, obviously, | :48:48. | :48:53. | |
we had too many referendums, too many elections, the enormous | :48:54. | :48:58. | |
excitement of 2014, the general election, people cannot retain that | :48:59. | :49:04. | |
kind of political engagement and interest indefinitely. I feel quite | :49:05. | :49:06. | |
sorry for the politicians out there doing their best, it is very hard to | :49:07. | :49:12. | |
get a response on the doorsteps. We were covering the campaign trail | :49:13. | :49:19. | |
today. You were mentioning the battle for second place. How do you | :49:20. | :49:22. | |
think Labour are feeling about this election? I think Kezia Dugdale was | :49:23. | :49:30. | |
robust in her replies but at the very same time, she was campaigning | :49:31. | :49:36. | |
in Edinburgh, Ruth Davidson was telling everybody she will come | :49:37. | :49:41. | |
second. Very confident. Talking about the party's Private polling. | :49:42. | :49:46. | |
Perhaps she knows something we don't. What do you think will | :49:47. | :49:49. | |
happen? Do you think the Tories could do it? It would be historic | :49:50. | :49:55. | |
for them. It is difficult to tell because they will be decided in the | :49:56. | :50:00. | |
list vote. That is the subtext of this election. There has been a | :50:01. | :50:05. | |
focus on the list. That adds a layer of confusion because you've got to | :50:06. | :50:10. | |
try explaining how the system works and whether you should be voting | :50:11. | :50:14. | |
both vote SNP, splitting your vote or what have you. It will be | :50:15. | :50:18. | |
difficult to predict how these will pan out. My own feeling is Labour | :50:19. | :50:30. | |
will hold on to it. It has been a long campaign. Some hiccups but not | :50:31. | :50:40. | |
too many. There has been no major mistakes, no game changers. When you | :50:41. | :50:45. | |
look back and compare it to 2011, you had the story of the polls, the | :50:46. | :50:56. | |
SNP creeping up, Labour doing alas that's -- the last -- the launch. | :50:57. | :51:05. | |
This has been a steady narrative. When it has been a steady narrative, | :51:06. | :51:13. | |
what does that mean for Carrow Road? The last one was 50%. There are | :51:14. | :51:21. | |
definite fears that it could dip below that. It might have been a | :51:22. | :51:24. | |
dull campaign and it might seem below that. It might have been a | :51:25. | :51:27. | |
a foregone conclusion but every election result is equally important | :51:28. | :51:32. | |
and you cannot complain about the result if you don't turn out to | :51:33. | :51:40. | |
vote. That is true, nobody can predict the final results. People | :51:41. | :51:46. | |
will be looking at that battle for predict the final results. People | :51:47. | :51:50. | |
second place and it has been interesting, the comments Nicola | :51:51. | :51:54. | |
Sturgeon has been making, warning the party against complacency and | :51:55. | :51:57. | |
telling voters they need to turn out and it's got to be both votes SNP. | :51:58. | :52:01. | |
She is not taking anything for granted. There are sources that say | :52:02. | :52:09. | |
a majority is not a foregone conclusion. As we reached the end of | :52:10. | :52:14. | |
this campaign we are bracing ourselves for the next one, the | :52:15. | :52:20. | |
European Union referendum. That has kind of overshadowed this because it | :52:21. | :52:22. | |
is an important existential question. We've had a replay of | :52:23. | :52:36. | |
Project sphere -- Project fear. We've had very similar interventions | :52:37. | :52:44. | |
to the independence referendum. It will be an interesting election, it | :52:45. | :52:49. | |
will be fascinating to see the coalition forces but results. The | :52:50. | :52:52. | |
Green party is trying to become the third party to beat the Liberal | :52:53. | :52:59. | |
Democrats, which could mean a very different John Terry in Hollywood -- | :53:00. | :53:13. | |
different setup in Holyrood. The new MSPs will be arriving on Monday to | :53:14. | :53:15. | |
different setup in Holyrood. The new get their security passes and looked | :53:16. | :53:18. | |
round the building. We will bring you every step of their journey. | :53:19. | :53:20. | |
We'll have a final thought from Brian Taylor in a moment - | :53:21. | :53:23. | |
but before that, Glenn Campbell's looking back on the lighter side | :53:24. | :53:25. | |
Like a child in a sweetie shop. The Tory leader was so excited to meet | :53:26. | :53:45. | |
Gary that she gave a promise. Free green fruit pastels for everyone. | :53:46. | :53:51. | |
Some politicians will say anything to get your fault. By the power of | :53:52. | :54:01. | |
the Lib Dems. I'm healed! In politics you do need to be careful | :54:02. | :54:04. | |
of your words are not taken the wrong way. What makes you better | :54:05. | :54:10. | |
than Willie Rennie to run the NHS? I'm not a big fan of Willie. Dugdale | :54:11. | :54:23. | |
might have liked to settle the selection over a few games of pool. | :54:24. | :54:28. | |
Nicola Sturgeon give the idea some thought, but... | :54:29. | :54:34. | |
The SNP leader is not prone to putting a foot wrong. But everyone | :54:35. | :54:44. | |
has a wobble. When you spend a lot of time kissing babies it does not | :54:45. | :54:56. | |
always go to plan. Look over there. Then there were the kids who | :54:57. | :54:59. | |
criticised her artistic talent. You're not doing much for my ego | :55:00. | :55:14. | |
this morning. If the hat fits... Election campaigns are perfect for | :55:15. | :55:23. | |
dressing up and dressing down, and getting dirty. We like to organise | :55:24. | :55:30. | |
our visits to send a message in pictorial terms about exactly what | :55:31. | :55:33. | |
we are asking for. This does it very well... Depends on what you're | :55:34. | :55:40. | |
trying to say. The Ukip man is more direct. I am the bam's bam. And who | :55:41. | :55:54. | |
says the Greens are too earnest to enjoy a laugh? This image making is | :55:55. | :55:57. | |
supposed to keep the photographers on site. The more unusual the | :55:58. | :56:01. | |
picture, the better. Politicians on site. The more unusual the | :56:02. | :56:09. | |
really do the funniest things. Let's go to a man who has been there | :56:10. | :56:18. | |
for a very long time, covering from 1979. How has this campaign rated? I | :56:19. | :56:26. | |
came here last night to be reminded that Dundee United were relegated. | :56:27. | :56:34. | |
Things have changed. Guess what, we've got a Scottish Parliament with | :56:35. | :56:39. | |
the power over income tax. That is a pretty big deal. It has been a | :56:40. | :56:47. | |
relatively tepid campaign but nonetheless, when people contemplate | :56:48. | :56:52. | |
that substantial choice in front of them I think perhaps they will make | :56:53. | :56:56. | |
their choice in a manner that suits their own interest and the interest | :56:57. | :56:59. | |
they regard as being those of the country. We are choosing local | :57:00. | :57:04. | |
representatives to put the views of our individual constituency and the | :57:05. | :57:09. | |
region. We are choosing Scotland's devolved parliament and we are | :57:10. | :57:15. | |
choosing a government to take charge of those matters. We will let you go | :57:16. | :57:17. | |
choosing a government to take charge and have a rest in readiness for | :57:18. | :57:25. | |
tomorrow. That is it from the campaign special. If you are still | :57:26. | :57:29. | |
making up your mind, head to the website for all the information on | :57:30. | :57:33. | |
the personalities and politicians vying for your vote. Join us for the | :57:34. | :57:36. | |
live overnight coverage from 10:30pm. We will be here with | :57:37. | :57:46. | |
extended analysis. From everyone on the team, goodbye. | :57:47. | :58:29. | |
"Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" | :58:30. | :58:31. | |
I-It's poetry. I do think it could be a little less flowery, love. | :58:32. | :58:37. | |
I mean, why doesn't she just say, "Where are you, Romeo?" | :58:38. | :58:41. |