:00:24. > :00:29.Hello. Welcome to The One Show with Matt Baker And Alex Jones. Tonight,
:00:29. > :00:35.our guest shares a birthday with Mary, Queen of Scots and he was
:00:35. > :00:42.born on Hogmanay. It is harder to get much skash than the First
:00:42. > :00:45.Minister of Scotland, it's Alex Salmond. Your birthdays must be
:00:45. > :00:53.massive? The entire country celebrates. We have to say a very
:00:53. > :00:59.big thank you for the lovely box of presents you sent into us. It is a
:00:59. > :01:04.big box. It is rammed full of stuff. Cheese. Bits of tartan there.
:01:04. > :01:09.I cannot believe they gave all that to you.
:01:09. > :01:15.I once went with them to New York. You know the updraft, they did that
:01:15. > :01:19.with their kilts. A large crowd assembled in Times Square. There
:01:19. > :01:23.was an understanding Irish policeman, so we did not get
:01:23. > :01:32.arrested. Cheese and biscuits. To be fair, you cannot run a country
:01:32. > :01:38.on cheese and biscuits. That's not biscuits, that's oatcakes. Rough
:01:38. > :01:42.otmeal. We thought we would give you some
:01:42. > :01:49.gifts. Here are some scarves. I have a Welsh one here for you, keep
:01:49. > :01:56.you nice and warm in the winter. Here's a "come on England." You can
:01:56. > :02:02.put this on. I want this on VT - OK! Tonight we are celebrating
:02:02. > :02:08.Scottishness. We want to see the most Scottish photos you have. I am
:02:08. > :02:12.back from a loch myself. Send in your pictures. We will look at them
:02:12. > :02:16.later. Do you agree that independence should be restored to
:02:16. > :02:23.Scotland? E-mail us at the usual address. First, time for some
:02:23. > :02:28.horrible history, to warm us up for phrases like "devolution" and
:02:28. > :02:33.everything between, we invited someone special here. Here from the
:02:33. > :02:36.BAFTA winning comedy series Horrible Histories it's Bob Hale.
:02:36. > :02:40.Right, that there is Scotland, currently part of the United
:02:40. > :02:50.Kingdom. It has not always been a kingdom. It has not always been
:02:50. > :02:58.united. Back to the late iron age we find it is home to the Picts.
:02:58. > :03:04.The Romans turn up. By 122AD a giant wall is built across the
:03:04. > :03:12.country, sealing in the Pickss. That is the end of that.
:03:13. > :03:18.-- Picts. That is the end of that. This king conquered the rest of the
:03:18. > :03:24.Picts. He is first king of Scotland. A Scottish king called Alexander
:03:24. > :03:28.the third goes and dies. He left behind a power vacuum. No, the
:03:28. > :03:34.other kind! Yes, since no-one can agree who should be the next
:03:35. > :03:39.Scottish king, the English king, Edward I volunteers to sort out the
:03:39. > :03:43.mess. What a nice guy - right? No, he appoints himself which makes him
:03:43. > :03:48.the new king of Scotland. The Scots don't like being ruled by the
:03:48. > :03:56.English which is where William Wallace came in. He had nice knees
:03:56. > :04:04.and a better accent than Mel Gibson. He gets captured and has his brave
:04:04. > :04:12.heart pulled out, and his brave liver, and lungs. In 1314 Scotland
:04:12. > :04:17.wins back freedom. So it's all plain sailing, until in 1586 Queen
:04:17. > :04:25.Elizabeth finds out Mary, Queen of Scots is planning to kill her. She
:04:26. > :04:31.has her head cut off. When Liz dies in 1603Mary's son, James, claims
:04:31. > :04:36.the English throne, making him the king of Scotland and England. When
:04:36. > :04:39.the Act of Union was passed, making it into Great Britain, Scotland's
:04:39. > :04:43.days as an independent nation are over. Or are they? Some people want
:04:43. > :04:48.to see Scotland free again from what they see as English rule,
:04:48. > :04:51.which is why in 1999 the Scots devolved, which does not mean they
:04:51. > :04:53.turned back into apes, it means they have their own Parliament
:04:53. > :04:57.within the United Kingdom. That is the end of that.
:04:57. > :05:02.But, not for long. Some Scots say this is not enough, which is high
:05:02. > :05:07.this man comes in, yes, it is Alex Salmond, who believes Scotland
:05:07. > :05:14.should be independent from Great Britain or semi independent thanks
:05:14. > :05:19.to a plan like devo-max. Will people choose to stay united with
:05:19. > :05:23.England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Will they break away? Will they
:05:23. > :05:29.choose something between the two? Will I ever shut up? One question I
:05:29. > :05:36.can answer right now by doing this. Yes! What about that? Pretty good.
:05:36. > :05:41.I am sure you would agree. I loved the stuff about devolution
:05:41. > :05:50.and evolution. They used to say that devolution took longer.
:05:50. > :05:54.Very good! Loads of people like the idea of a United Kingdom, with
:05:54. > :06:00.Scotland part of it. Why is that wrong? Why do you want
:06:00. > :06:03.independence? Scotland is a nation. Nations are independent. They does
:06:03. > :06:08.not mean they don't co-operate. We will be on the same island. We
:06:08. > :06:12.would have the same Queen. We would be best pals, occasionally, at
:06:12. > :06:19.least! We would be the best of friends. We would govern ourselves.
:06:19. > :06:23.We would make our own way in the world. Stand on our own two feet:
:06:23. > :06:27.Opinion polls suggest the majority don't want independence. You have
:06:27. > :06:33.another option, which is devo-max. Can you explain a little bit about
:06:33. > :06:37.that? Well, devo-max is basically financial independence. You keep
:06:37. > :06:41.foreign affairs still at Westminster. The economy would be
:06:41. > :06:45.run from Scotland. We are after independence. The reason I want to
:06:45. > :06:49.put it to the test is I want people to have the opportunity to vote for
:06:49. > :06:53.independence. I think Scotland should become an independent
:06:53. > :07:03.country. Horrible Histories is great. The books are magnificent.
:07:03. > :07:03.
:07:03. > :07:06.They showed the bit about James I. It was 100 years when we had the
:07:07. > :07:11.same king and Queen, but were independent countries. It is
:07:11. > :07:15.feasible to do this. Be independent and share the same monarchy.
:07:15. > :07:19.did you come one the idea of devo- max Well, I didn't actually come up
:07:19. > :07:22.with the idea of devo-max. A lot of people in Scotland articulate that
:07:22. > :07:26.position. All I said is, look, it would be reasonable to give people
:07:26. > :07:30.a choice on that as well as independence. The choice I will
:07:30. > :07:33.argue for is an independent Scotland. I want Scotland to be an
:07:33. > :07:38.independent country. Independence is the normal status.
:07:38. > :07:42.We have got viewers' questions. We have had one from Mr D Cameron from
:07:42. > :07:46.Westminster. He would like to know, when will you give people the
:07:46. > :07:51.chance to vote? I don't believe it is David Cameron, not after the
:07:51. > :07:55.mauling you gave him on the show when he appeared earlier this year!
:07:55. > :08:00.That is never David Cameron! The second half of the parliamentary
:08:00. > :08:04.terms, that starts in 2014. That is what we said in the election. We
:08:04. > :08:08.did win a big victory. We should stick to what we said in the
:08:08. > :08:12.election. I know.... Sticking to what you said in the election, that
:08:12. > :08:17.is a new concept for Downing Street. It is a useful thing to do.
:08:18. > :08:22.other thing which is unclear is what will be in the ballot paper -
:08:22. > :08:25.what options? There will be the question "do you want Scotland to
:08:25. > :08:32.be an independent country?" the only question is whether there
:08:32. > :08:40.should be a second question or another question on this option of
:08:40. > :08:44.devolution max. We will ask people to say "Yes" or "No." All the other
:08:44. > :08:47.political parties disagree. You are a competitive man yourself. Who is
:08:48. > :08:52.going to win? Scotland will become an independent country. I am
:08:52. > :08:57.certain of that. Parties are entitled to their point of view.
:08:58. > :09:03.There are four significant parties in Scotland. We did out poll all of
:09:03. > :09:07.them together. We got more votes than the other three put together
:09:07. > :09:12.in the elections this year. Now, I am not saying that in a boastful
:09:12. > :09:14.way, well, actually I am. Just because there are three parties
:09:14. > :09:18.arguing against Scottish independence, it does not mean they
:09:18. > :09:22.will win. If the arguments are right. If you argue a positive,
:09:22. > :09:28.optimistic case for independence, my goodness we need optimism these
:09:28. > :09:29.days. If we win the arguments then we'll win the referendum. We have
:09:29. > :09:37.other questions for you. Here they are.
:09:37. > :09:40.Hello, Mr Salmond. If Scotland has their independence, will we have
:09:40. > :09:45.our free prescriptions? If we broke away from the union who would pay
:09:45. > :09:49.my pension? I want to know if I receive further education in
:09:49. > :09:59.Scotland will I receive the same fees as Scottish students? This
:09:59. > :10:00.
:10:00. > :10:06.refers back to Scots having � 1624 more than others. Who will pay for
:10:06. > :10:09.those things - education, prescriptions? We introduced free
:10:09. > :10:15.prescriptions. And free tuition fees as well. If you look at both
:10:15. > :10:19.sides of the balance sheet, revenue and expenditure Scotland has run a
:10:19. > :10:26.surplus for the last five years. �1500 a head for every man, woman
:10:26. > :10:29.and child in the country. Why? Scotland has more expenditure on
:10:29. > :10:34.certain things. You have to look at both sides of the balance sheet.
:10:34. > :10:37.Are you confident? I am extremely confident. Also about growing the
:10:37. > :10:42.economy. Not just about the situation now. It is about how you
:10:43. > :10:46.grow the economy in the future. After the Autumn Statement and the
:10:46. > :10:51.goings on in the House of Commons, getting a bit of growth, movement
:10:51. > :10:57.into the economy is really, really important. OK, we have another
:10:57. > :11:01.question from Alex in Manchester. live in England - would I get a
:11:02. > :11:05.vote on a referendum for Scottish independence? That is a good
:11:05. > :11:09.question, what about people in Northern Ireland, England and Wales
:11:09. > :11:11.would they be able to vote? If he moves to Scotland he would get a
:11:12. > :11:15.vote. When you decide on independence, it's the people who
:11:15. > :11:19.are living in the country, regardless of where they are from.
:11:19. > :11:23.They can be Scotland, England or Wales or Northern Ireland, or
:11:23. > :11:27.Timbuktu for that matter. It is people who have chosen to live in
:11:28. > :11:30.the country, on the electoral role. Every single nation on Earth, which
:11:30. > :11:37.has had a referendum on independence and there have been
:11:37. > :11:42.many, many of them, it has always been people on the voters' roll.
:11:42. > :11:46.There is talk about a referendum on the European Union, a lot of Tories
:11:46. > :11:51.at Westminster want that. If there were such a referendum you would
:11:51. > :11:58.not expect people in France or Germany to vote about the European
:11:58. > :12:00.referendum. It feels so connected. One argument I am putting across is
:12:00. > :12:07.I want Scotland to be an independent country. I want us to
:12:07. > :12:13.be best pals. You want to keep the Queen? Why not? She is Queen of
:12:13. > :12:18.Scots. She is Queen of Australia, why not Queen of England and Queen
:12:18. > :12:24.of Scots as well. Like Australia then? Yes. Were you at the races
:12:24. > :12:28.there? You offer tips, I understand. There is a great formalty of these
:12:28. > :12:35.things. What I say to the Queen and what the Queen says to me, it is a
:12:35. > :12:45.strict secret, but the answer is yes. Mike Dilger has been to the
:12:45. > :12:52.Cairngorms a couple of miles away from Mr Salmond's home from
:12:52. > :12:56.Strichen. Pine martens climb trees or roam the ground, hunting birds,
:12:56. > :13:03.rodents in prime habitat. Historically they are one of our
:13:03. > :13:08.most abundant karnvors. By the early 20th century they were
:13:08. > :13:12.persecuted to near extinction and were running out of places to hide.
:13:12. > :13:17.Hunted by gamekeepers they lost their woodland habitat when it was
:13:17. > :13:21.axed for crops and could only be found in tiny pockets of north-west
:13:22. > :13:30.Scotland. There is a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel
:13:30. > :13:34.because these little critters are making a comeback. Miranda
:13:34. > :13:40.Krestovnikoff is doing field work here in the Cairngorms. The numbers
:13:40. > :13:44.have increased in the past 20 years. There is a lot more forest cover.
:13:44. > :13:49.There is more plantation. Natural forest cover is regenerating. They
:13:49. > :13:54.are protected now. Laura thinks that pine martens need more than
:13:54. > :13:59.extra woodland to thrive here. need mature forests. They will
:13:59. > :14:06.use... Like here? Yes, they will use it for den sites. They need
:14:06. > :14:12.open areas like this. Their main food is field voles.
:14:12. > :14:20.To see if her hunch is correct, Laura is trying to count the pine
:14:20. > :14:28.martens in thicker area of grass land. -- grassland. Finding them is
:14:28. > :14:34.You can look for tracks, but even if you find some you don't know if
:14:34. > :14:39.there is one or 100. Nor has turned to simple CSI science to get an
:14:39. > :14:44.accurate count. This is a Hare tube. We put a small trail of peanut
:14:44. > :14:49.butter up the tree and some based inside. When the pine marten puts
:14:49. > :14:55.its head inside the tube, we have sticky pads inside here. We can
:14:55. > :14:58.collect a hair sample. From that, we can get DNA. We can tell which
:14:58. > :15:04.individual pine Marten has left the sample. It gives us a more accurate
:15:04. > :15:07.way of telling how many are in the forest. Nor has placed 58 traps
:15:07. > :15:14.like these across different types of woodland habitat. And she has
:15:14. > :15:19.collected plenty of hair. We have about 70 samples so far. That is
:15:19. > :15:23.some really healthy populations of pine martens. It looks like, with
:15:23. > :15:28.increased levels of fragmentation, you actually get more of them.
:15:28. > :15:33.nutshell, a few trees, a bit of grassland and a bit of heather, and
:15:33. > :15:37.it is a very happy animal? Exactly. The variety of habitat provides
:15:37. > :15:41.plenty of food to see them through the bleak months. They are true
:15:41. > :15:47.opportunists and take advantage of any offering. Here, it is no
:15:47. > :15:52.different. This is an average holiday cottage on the outskirts of
:15:52. > :15:56.an average Scottish town. But it has an above average visitor. A
:15:56. > :16:01.pine Marten has been seen regularly coming to free handouts just
:16:01. > :16:11.outside the window. Using some tried and tested peanut butter and
:16:11. > :16:18.
:16:18. > :16:26.jam, I have been told it should He is a little bit unsure. But he
:16:26. > :16:33.knows the food is there. He knows I am here, he has just looked at me.
:16:33. > :16:39.My word. He is letting the jam. That is fantastic. I am so close,
:16:39. > :16:49.you can see all of those amazing features. That pointed snout, the
:16:49. > :16:49.
:16:49. > :16:58.beautiful, creamy coloured ears and that fantastic, thick, bushy tail.
:16:58. > :17:05.Of course, pine martens will eat birds eggs, mice, carry on, fruit.
:17:05. > :17:09.Life is pretty tough, so they are not averse to a freak handout. I
:17:09. > :17:14.love the way they stand up like that. Persecuted almost to
:17:14. > :17:24.extinction, the pine marten's recovery has to be one of the
:17:24. > :17:25.
:17:25. > :17:31.A bit of stubble on Mike Dilger, I haven't seen that before.
:17:31. > :17:36.wonderful creatures, as well! haven't been lucky enough to see
:17:36. > :17:40.any, but you do have otters in your garden? I haven't seen pine martens,
:17:40. > :17:46.but we do have otters up in Strichen. But they detect you
:17:46. > :17:50.straight away and go back into the river. Miranda is here to give us
:17:50. > :17:56.some news on more creatures that are seen mainly in Scotland.
:17:56. > :18:01.Absolutely. I am going to introduce you to the pilot of the seas. It is
:18:01. > :18:05.the great skua, sometimes known as the bonxie. It is very aggressive.
:18:05. > :18:11.It eats puffins and it attacks other sea birds, like gannets,
:18:11. > :18:14.forcing them to give up their food. It must be rock hard to go and try
:18:14. > :18:20.and get into a fight with a gannet. They have been known to take small
:18:20. > :18:24.arms. There is hopeful that they have even taken babies in the past.
:18:24. > :18:29.They have got protection at the moment. Another bird that has been
:18:29. > :18:33.persecuted in the past, one that is really associated with Scotland, is
:18:33. > :18:37.the golden eagle. It is a real sight to see, with a wingspan of
:18:37. > :18:42.over two metres. They thrive in areas where they are away from man.
:18:42. > :18:44.They have no natural predators, just us. They don't really badly in
:18:44. > :18:50.areas where there is grouse shooting and they have been shot
:18:50. > :18:55.and poisoned. There are now 442 breeding pairs. They are doing well.
:18:55. > :19:00.And a couple of brand new animals arriving? Berwick's lighting used,
:19:00. > :19:07.Edinburgh zoo is going to receive the first pandas in the UK for 17
:19:07. > :19:17.years. They are called Tian Tian, which means naive -- Sweetie and
:19:17. > :19:27.I have brought you a present to celebrate. This is trying s
:19:27. > :19:28.
:19:28. > :19:36.Scotland tartan. You never miss an Red for China, blue for Scotland
:19:36. > :19:39.and green for the connection. I am going off to China on Friday. The
:19:39. > :19:45.pandas arrived and I go off to China. All we need for this little
:19:46. > :19:55.party is a little bit of singing. You an excellent singer. In fact,
:19:56. > :20:24.
:20:24. > :20:29.# Oh, Rowan Tree. You know how to end a political
:20:29. > :20:34.career, don't you? I haven't done any dancing yet. Which do you
:20:34. > :20:40.prefer? You did the Charleston last week. It was great, Craig was very
:20:40. > :20:45.mean to you. But that helped you get the votes. Did you vote for me.
:20:45. > :20:49.Well, I will next week. Speaking of contests, would you plan on doing
:20:49. > :20:56.Eurovision? I think you should, after that. If Scotland were
:20:56. > :21:01.independent, you would have to do that. It would have to be someone
:21:01. > :21:08.at write their own stuff, quality material. That's another argument,
:21:08. > :21:12.we would enter, you would enter, it would give us more chances. Anyway,
:21:12. > :21:17.over to you for some more questions. People from both sides of the
:21:17. > :21:22.border have been asking about the armed forces. Mr Salmond, what will
:21:22. > :21:28.happen with the British troops abroad, when the Scottish are
:21:28. > :21:32.separated from the English troops? I aim to join the RAF after I leave
:21:32. > :21:38.school, if Scotland get independence, what they remain part
:21:38. > :21:41.of the armed forces? What is your answer to that? The answer is that
:21:41. > :21:45.any country in the Commonwealth, people can join the British Army.
:21:45. > :21:48.There are 80,000 members of the British Army from Commonwealth
:21:49. > :21:52.countries. So people would have the choice. They could stay in the
:21:52. > :21:59.British Army, joined the British Army or they could join the
:21:59. > :22:05.Scottish defence forces. The overall riding reason why we want
:22:05. > :22:09.the Scottish defence force is that we do not want a new generation of
:22:09. > :22:13.nuclear missiles in Scotland. We do not want a replacement for Trident.
:22:13. > :22:19.That is a pretty powerful argument for having your own armed forces.
:22:19. > :22:24.But people would have the choice. Nobody is going to have anything
:22:24. > :22:28.taken away. It is an additional choice that people would have.
:22:28. > :22:33.have a question from South Wales. was wondering if Scotland is going
:22:33. > :22:38.to become an independent country, will it still be involved in The
:22:39. > :22:44.Lions' British team? It all comes down to Sport! Remember, it is the
:22:44. > :22:50.British and Irish Lions. So it will be the British, Irish and Scottish
:22:50. > :22:56.Lions. What about Team GB? We would have our own Olympics team, like in
:22:56. > :23:03.the Commonwealth Games. The British, Irish and Scottish Lions, that has
:23:03. > :23:13.a ring to it. I will bring all of my Sky Arts. What about the BBC?
:23:13. > :23:14.
:23:14. > :23:17.I wouldn't deprive people of The One Show. We should say hello to
:23:17. > :23:21.everybody in Northern Ireland, watching us at the moment.
:23:22. > :23:25.would people in an independent state be able to watch you now?
:23:25. > :23:29.Ireland, they are showing EastEnders after this programme
:23:29. > :23:35.this very night. The same episode. But you would be able to watch the
:23:35. > :23:44.BBC programmes as well. We are drilling you! Can I rephrase the
:23:44. > :23:49.answer, yes, as long as you keep inviting me on! We are looking for
:23:49. > :23:52.a new arts expert, actually... Tuffnell has been taking a look at
:23:52. > :23:56.the work of Ford Maddox Brown, a man who would stop nothing until
:23:56. > :24:00.the job was done. Drinkers at the Ford Maddox Brown
:24:00. > :24:05.in Manchester probably haven't given much thought to the pub's
:24:05. > :24:09.name. They are here for a pint, not a painting. This is the only pub
:24:09. > :24:15.and Manchester named after an artist. Ford Maddox Brown lived
:24:15. > :24:19.from 1821-1893. His work is quite literally at the centre of
:24:19. > :24:27.Manchester's industrial heritage. You can see it in an unexpected
:24:27. > :24:30.place. No, not here. Or even at the major retrospective of his work
:24:30. > :24:34.that is currently taking place across Manchester. Some of his
:24:35. > :24:42.greatest paintings are not found in a gallery at all. It is in here,
:24:42. > :24:48.Manchester Town Hall. Northern, industrial cities like Manchester
:24:48. > :24:53.wanted to show they had arrived on the world stage. Editor and it is a
:24:53. > :24:57.local historian who knows the town hall Inside Out. �70,000, it cost.
:24:57. > :25:05.He wanted to say, look what we have done, look what we can build here,
:25:05. > :25:09.look how important we are now. a fantastic hall. This is the great
:25:09. > :25:14.hall inside Manchester Town Hall. John Ruskin called it the finest
:25:14. > :25:19.apartment in Britain. It is like a medieval banqueting hall. When it
:25:19. > :25:23.opened, the walls were bare. They needed an artist to come in. That
:25:23. > :25:29.is where Ford Maddox Brown came in? He was one of the greatest artists
:25:29. > :25:33.of the day, mentor to the Pre- Raphaelites. He was known for his
:25:33. > :25:43.attention to detail and historical storytelling. He was the perfect
:25:43. > :25:45.
:25:45. > :25:49.choice to paint scenes from The 12 murals were commissioned to
:25:49. > :25:52.be a highly visible celebration of Manchester's emerging power as an
:25:52. > :25:56.industrial centre. They are terrific. But I can't help thinking
:25:56. > :26:03.that they don't really fit with the dirty, smoggy, industrial
:26:03. > :26:07.Manchester I learned about at school. Dr Julian Treuherz is a
:26:07. > :26:11.Victorian art expert who are think can tell me why. Are these
:26:11. > :26:15.paintings are a true representation of Manchester's history? Not really,
:26:15. > :26:18.they were done in the Victorian age and they are a very Victorian idea
:26:18. > :26:23.of what history was about. The Victorians thought it was in
:26:23. > :26:30.artistic to show anything to real about industry. There is only one
:26:30. > :26:33.painting that I know that shows a mill, with mill girls, in the whole
:26:33. > :26:38.of Victorian art. This represents the industrial revolution in these
:26:38. > :26:44.murals. It doesn't look very industrial. We have a little bit of
:26:44. > :26:48.coal at the front. Otherwise, it is a scene of colour, celebration. It
:26:48. > :26:51.doesn't really show the dirt and the grime, the smoking factories
:26:51. > :26:56.that were characteristic of Manchester. He started work on his
:26:56. > :27:00.highly personal vision of Manchester's History in 1879 and he
:27:00. > :27:04.spent the last 14 years of his life completing the works. As you might
:27:04. > :27:09.imagine, for such a major project, the work was hard. He ran into a
:27:09. > :27:14.few problems. Being a true Pre- Raphaelite, he wanted to be very
:27:14. > :27:19.realistic. He brought a live pig to model for this picture, into the
:27:19. > :27:25.town hall. There was an organ recital going on. The pig escaped,
:27:25. > :27:29.causing absolute mayhem. This one was the last one he painted. He had
:27:29. > :27:35.a stroke while he was doing it. He had to paid most of it with his
:27:35. > :27:39.left hand. That is why it is a bit rough looking. The murals are by no
:27:39. > :27:43.means a literal record of Manchester's history. But they are
:27:43. > :27:47.the work of a visionary. It's amazing to think that one of the
:27:47. > :27:56.most important works by such an important artist is permanently
:27:56. > :27:59.available. Just not quite where you I have to say, I think you have
:27:59. > :28:04.answered more questions than anybody else on The One Show. We
:28:04. > :28:08.are going to hit you with some more. We have one from Bob. He says, of
:28:08. > :28:14.course we should not split from the UK. What happens to the millions of
:28:14. > :28:18.exile Scots who left for economic reasons? Do we have to have an
:28:18. > :28:22.English passport? I think that is a reason for Scotland becoming
:28:22. > :28:26.independent, so we do not have to have people leaving the country to
:28:26. > :28:29.find employment. You would not need a passport to get from Scotland to
:28:29. > :28:34.England, no more than you do now from the Irish Republic to Northern
:28:34. > :28:39.Ireland. What about Scots living outside Scotland? Would they have a
:28:39. > :28:42.vote? In terms of the referendum, the people that vote will be the
:28:42. > :28:46.people in Scotland. I am hoping that as Scotland becomes
:28:46. > :28:50.independent, many expats around the world will come back and take part
:28:50. > :29:00.in what is going to be an exciting new adventure for the country.
:29:00. > :29:03.Thank you for your pictures on Her mum and sister being eaten by
:29:03. > :29:09.the Loch Ness monster. Gammie writes, is the Loch Ness monster
:29:09. > :29:14.real? Absolutely. OK... This is Dale Martin on St Andrews Day at
:29:14. > :29:20.base camp in Mount Everest. Talking of separation, you mentioned Craig