12/09/2014 The Papers

night of rugby union with five matches and rugby league to tell you

about as well. The Daily Mail leads

on a warning from the SNP's former deputy leader that

Scottish banks will be broken up and oil giant BP nationalised to punish

them for backing the No campaign. The FT reports that Better Together

campaigners have seized on threats by Jim Sillars that banks

would face a "day of reckoning" in the event of a Yes vote

in the independence referendum. The Guardian highlights its new ICM

poll which suggests that the union between Scotland

and England hangs by a thread with the Yes vote just two percentage

points behind those supporting No. The Scottish version of the

Daily Telegraph has more warnings on the financial risks

of independence and has a picture of two former rugby internationals

who are campaigning for a No vote. The Independent carries

a dramatic portrait of Ian Paisley, The Daily Record devotes part of

its front page to Oscar Pistorius's conviction for shooting and killing

his girlfriend but says the And finally, the Mirror leads on the

news that animal lovers have raised over ?1 million for the dogs? home

in Manchester that was badly damaged We will start with the Scottish

referendum. Businesses face a day of reckoning. Nationalists issue a

threat. Your paper suggesting that the Yes campaign has stalled and

there would be a day of reckoning for businesses. What is interesting

about this is the way the language is getting more and more apocalyptic

around this issue. It is described here is the ugly side. That is

increasingly becoming the case. This particular report is around a speech

made by a politician, quite and at school one, `` quite an obscure one,

former Deputy Leader of the SNP, coming out and saying, quite

threatening language, saying... Threatening BP and other businesses

would learn the meaning of nationalisation. This is being

seized on as an example of really how appalling and scary the whole

issue has become. It's an obvious gift to the union. I suspect it will

be a one`day wonder because people will know that he's not in charge of

the SNP, it's Alex Salmond. You wonder which of the campaigns this

comment is designed to help. Nigel Farage has visited Scotland as well.

Their headline here is that his visit is a gift to the Yes

campaign. He has been up there this evening. He has been critical of the

Prime Minister for calling him moronic and not putting diva Max on

the ballot paper. `` diva Max. You wonder who he is trying to help. The

idea is he trying to push Labour voters back towards the No camp.

Somebody said this morning that if David Cameron looked like a fish out

of water going to Scotland, then Nigel Farage made him look like Rob

Roy! He is so out of character. It should've been a three pronged

question. Lots of people think there should have been an option there but

what Cameron wanted to do was kill it off altogether. He was confident

there would be a strong no. To be fair, Nigel Farage is not the only

one that is making this point. It turns that he had quite a small

audience, it seems, 60 demonstrators and he was smuggled into a side

door. He also suggested the Queen has a responsibility to speak out.

Not going to happen in the next six days. Again, who knows. Hell could

freeze over. He felt he had to be there as party leader with the other

three. Maybe he's trying to stand alongside them. It would be

fascinating to see what other scare stories emerge. The Daily Mail had

Alex Salmond mocked up as the North Korean dictator. Let's look at the

Guardian. Union hanging by a thread as Yes camp narrows gap. Suggests

the No vote is just two percentage points ahead. But 17% undecided,

huge number of people. Absolutely. Other papers are carrying this as

well, including the Financial Times and the political editor of the

Financial Times saying at this point, it is mad to try and cool

it. We really can't. But if it did end up a very narrow margin, that

could be as destabilising as the alternative. Alistair Darling was

saying privately he wanted a 20% victory. That is what they needed,

they thought to kill of the issue. Now he's hoping for 0.2%! Let's move

away from the referendum discussion. Let's look at the

Independent newspaper and the picture there. Extraordinary

photograph of Ian Paisley. The holy warrior who made peace. I thought

there might have been a bit more coverage. He is such a legendary

figure. But I am sure there will be lots of comments inside. Such an

amazing life to talk about at length. He got kicked out of the

European Parliament for calling the Pope the Antichrist and went to

jail. I never interviewed him myself and I'm he didn't because I read

that he got reporters to sing hymns to him for the price of an

interview. Who would have thought that when he died, nobody would have

a bad word to say about him? During his life, most of his life, he was

incredibly divisive. The only comments I have read that have

veered away from positive tributes were from a former Alliance party

leader who said that whilst he sympathises, he can't believe that

the rewriting of Ian Paisley's role, prolonging the troubles of the

many years. And so antagonistic in the beginning. Might take longer to

write his legacy. It is a story of redemption. Including Martin

McGuinness. The daily record, one of the main stories in Pretoria, with

us finding out that the Paralympic and Oscar Pistorius has been found

guilty of culpable homicide, which is more like manslaughter. The

suggestion here he may never go to prison because there is quite a wide

range of sentences that the judge could deliver. Yes. As I was coming

over, I was listening to LBC and a big discussion point here and one

thing came through: People are quite mystified, I think, about the

workings of the South African court because... They are very different

to British courts. Of course, in the UK, the chances are that he would

not have been bailed in the first place. The verdict we got today will

not overcome the disbelief that it was not a stronger verdict. It could

just be a fine, it could be community service which is

extraordinary. Maybe five years is the most accurate prediction, the

best guess. Very quickly let's have a look at the Daily mirror. ?1

million has been raised for the Manchester dog so my 50 dogs died in

what is thought to have been an arson attack. `` dogs home. We both

felt a bit uneasy about this one. The paper is calling for the dogs

that survive to be adopted. I wonder if a children's home burned down and

children needed to be adopted and is on the way home I cannot see them

being given the same treatment which makes me uneasy. Money has been

coming from Australia, America and Canada. It is not just the Brits.

110,000 people have donated. It is in stark contrast to some of the

other charity causes that are desperate for support. It is odd and

it is on the front page of not just one national newspaper either.

That's it for this hour but Sue and Rob will be back with us when they

have enjoyed a bit of our hospitality at the back. Stay with

us on BBC News. At 11pm tributes paid to one of the most prominent

figures in Northern Irish politics. The Reverend Ian Paisley who has

died at the age of 88. Coming up next, time for Sportsday.

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