0:00:06 > 0:00:10Across Scotland, we've all been wrestling with a big decision.
0:00:13 > 0:00:18There's no escaping September 18th and the campaign for our votes.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Cannae stand it.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21Oh, dear.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Vote Yes - if is doesnae work out, move country.
0:00:25 > 0:00:26We'll move to Ibiza!
0:00:26 > 0:00:28For the last four months,
0:00:28 > 0:00:33our cameras have been in homes across Scotland - big and small,
0:00:33 > 0:00:35in town and in the country,
0:00:35 > 0:00:38and if things have been a bit heated around your dinner table,
0:00:38 > 0:00:42you can take comfort you're not the only ones.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44I'm British - I was born British and...
0:00:44 > 0:00:46You were born in Scotland.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47I was born British.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50You were born in Scotland. You're Scottish.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52So join us for the story of the summer
0:00:52 > 0:00:56as real Scots ponder independence.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Mibbes Aye,
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Mibbes Naw.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02I'll be like, "That's it - let's get voting!"
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Our cameras have spent the last four months in the homes of voters.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28From castles to council flats,
0:01:28 > 0:01:32we've followed Scots from wealthy and poorer backgrounds.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36# Down on the West Coast, they got a sayin'
0:01:36 > 0:01:40# "If you're not drinkin' then you're not playin'"
0:01:40 > 0:01:41# But you've got the music... #
0:01:41 > 0:01:43A few have always known know how they'll vote,
0:01:43 > 0:01:47but most started the campaign with an open mind.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Here's what you missed last time.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Shaun the hairdresser hoped for some inspiration at the salon,
0:01:54 > 0:01:57but he still has no idea how he's going to vote.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Simon, the laird, lives in this castle
0:02:00 > 0:02:03and he's always known how he'll be voting.
0:02:03 > 0:02:04No.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08Jessica and her fiance, Mark, were involved in a family stooshie.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10We can still be part of Britain and still be proud Scots.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12We're not, though, cos we're a forgotten nation.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Lifelong friends, Stewart and Frank,
0:02:14 > 0:02:16run this boat together.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Stewart's undecided and Frank's a Yes.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23He's been trying to convince his shipmate to follow the same course.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26And that's what you missed on Mibbes Aye, Mibbes Naw.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33We'll be watching to see how our voters make their momentous decision
0:02:33 > 0:02:35and we've been giving them some homework, too -
0:02:35 > 0:02:39campaign highlights to wile away those long summer nights,
0:02:39 > 0:02:42starting with news of a magical boost for the No Campaign.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44JK Rowling made the headlines,
0:02:44 > 0:02:46not for writing a new bestseller,
0:02:46 > 0:02:48but for writing a rather large cheque.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51REPORTER: The £1 million she's donated to Better Together
0:02:51 > 0:02:53is a major boost to their campaign.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55In a statement, she said...
0:03:04 > 0:03:05There's always risks there.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08You still never fully know what's going to happen.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Aye, well, going independent's too big a risk.
0:03:11 > 0:03:12Exactly.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15"I just hope with all my heart that we never have cause to look back
0:03:15 > 0:03:18"and feel that we made a historically bad mistake."
0:03:18 > 0:03:21She's a much respected figure throughout Scotland, I think.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23She's got a place in every family in Scotland
0:03:23 > 0:03:25and I think she's come to the conclusion
0:03:25 > 0:03:28that we're better together, listening to the arguments,
0:03:28 > 0:03:30so it's a very important endorsement for us.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32That's right, and she writes fiction, Margaret!
0:03:33 > 0:03:36REPORTER: The Edinburgh-based author says Scotland
0:03:36 > 0:03:37is an exceptional country,
0:03:37 > 0:03:40that the vision set out by Yes supporters is highly appealing,
0:03:40 > 0:03:44but she's worried about the economy, the future of medical research.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Gie your £1 million pound to medical research, then.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48The Harry Potter author predicted
0:03:48 > 0:03:51that she might be demonised for speaking out about independence,
0:03:51 > 0:03:54and that was reflected by some of the more vitriolic reactions
0:03:54 > 0:03:56to her comments on Twitter today.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57That's ridiculous.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00If the wifey's got her opinion, she's got her opinion.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Yeah, but there's ae gonnae be a slagging match
0:04:02 > 0:04:05in something as big as this, Frank.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07At the end of the day, whether it's a Yes or a No vote,
0:04:07 > 0:04:09we all have to live together here.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12You dinnae want bad blood to come out of any of this.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17# I'll be a thorn in your side
0:04:17 > 0:04:19# Till you die... #
0:04:19 > 0:04:23There's no room for bad blood on Frank and Stewart's boat.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25# If we sink
0:04:25 > 0:04:27# We lift our love
0:04:27 > 0:04:31These shipmates don't just run this charter business together -
0:04:31 > 0:04:35they've been best pals since they were eight years old.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36# I'll be a thorn in your side
0:04:36 > 0:04:38# For always
0:04:38 > 0:04:40# If we sink
0:04:40 > 0:04:42# We lift our love... #
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Today, they're taking family and friends
0:04:47 > 0:04:49on a trip to see a shipwreck.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54The boat they're looking at was bombed by a German plane
0:04:54 > 0:04:56during the Second World War.
0:04:56 > 0:05:01Frank's neighbour, Hebbie, watched it happen as a young boy in 1943.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04- It's very interesting to see it. - Yeah.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07After all these years!
0:05:08 > 0:05:12What, did you have anti-aircraft guns in...?
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Reminiscing soon turns to referendum.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17How do you feel aboot the referendum, Hebbie?
0:05:17 > 0:05:19The referendum?
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Oh, I think they should keep the UK together.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Keep it together!
0:05:25 > 0:05:29I think there's too many unanswered questions.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31It seems that Stewart is siding with Frank's neighbour
0:05:31 > 0:05:33instead of his best pal.
0:05:33 > 0:05:38Hawick-born Frank is voting Yes, whilst native Shetlander, Stewart,
0:05:38 > 0:05:41seems reluctant to leave Britain behind.
0:05:41 > 0:05:48My grandad, 100 years ago this year, was in France,
0:05:48 > 0:05:50fighting for Britain.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Fighting for everybody that lives in this country now.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58And he was fighting wi' Cockneys and Yorkshiremen
0:05:58 > 0:06:01and guys fae Liverpool,
0:06:01 > 0:06:03boys fae Glasgow - they were all British.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07And I dinnae want tae lose that.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Yeah, but if you go back 300 years ago,
0:06:11 > 0:06:12we were fighting instead of friends.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14We were fighting amongst each other.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Naw - that's you guys fae bloody Hawick!
0:06:18 > 0:06:19You Border guys.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21We never were fighting wi' them.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24The last time we were fighting with anybody was aboot 500 years ago.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29- Touche?!- All right!- OK.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33While Stewart contemplates the past
0:06:33 > 0:06:35in trying to help shape his decision,
0:06:35 > 0:06:39two pals in Glasgow contemplate voting for the very first time.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42What do you think? In a month's time,
0:06:42 > 0:06:46when it comes to it, what do you think you're going to do?
0:06:46 > 0:06:49I don't know! I'm terrible at making decisions!
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- Not got long left now - what are you going to do?- I know.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54I don't know!
0:06:54 > 0:06:56I don't know - I'll need to think about it nearer the time.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01And then it'll be a last-minute decision.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03I said like...
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Not long ago, I said that I was going to just flip a coin and say,
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- yes - heads, tails - no!- I won't do that but I'll need to just...
0:07:09 > 0:07:13I don't know. I've still no decided - at all.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14I know. It's tricky, isn't it?
0:07:18 > 0:07:21So far, undecided voter Shaun has been getting
0:07:21 > 0:07:25most of his information from clients and colleagues at the salon.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28I think a lot of stuff is just...
0:07:28 > 0:07:30I don't even know what they're saying!
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Perhaps some "me time" will help make things clearer for him.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39I'm just putting on my face for going out in drag.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41I like to go out as a boy as well sometimes,
0:07:41 > 0:07:44so this is just a bit of fun for me.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48When I get dressed up I am called Peaches.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52I call myself Peaches so, just short and sweet. Peachalicious!
0:07:53 > 0:07:55All my friends that are coming round today,
0:07:55 > 0:07:58they're all for the yes - they're all voting yes.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02I always just think because I've got a job and I just get on with my
0:08:02 > 0:08:05normal, everyday life I don't really think it's going to affect me.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Maybe it will when it happens and all that kind of stuff.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Maybe it will affect me but, at the moment,
0:08:10 > 0:08:14I don't think by changing, like, just going independent and changing
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Scotland, it's going to change that much for me, I don't think.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19But maybe it will.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23I just don't think it will - I go to my work and do my days at work
0:08:23 > 0:08:26and go and get my night out, go and see my family and that.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29I don't know how it's going to change that much, to be fair.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31We're never going to know until we try it, so...
0:08:31 > 0:08:35That's what people keep saying, and if it doesn't work out then we
0:08:35 > 0:08:38just have to try and pick ourselves back up again.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40It is my decision, obviously, at the end of the day,
0:08:40 > 0:08:43but I'm just getting the decision from my friends anyway.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47So, that's why I'm thinking, maybe I should be a sheep
0:08:47 > 0:08:48and follow the crowd!
0:08:57 > 0:08:58It's the height of summer,
0:08:58 > 0:09:00but our national raincloud threatens
0:09:00 > 0:09:03to put a dampener on Glasgow's Pride,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06though nothing's going to rain on Shaun's parade.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09He's on a mission today and seems determined to make
0:09:09 > 0:09:12up his mind...with a little help from his friends.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15But what if we went independent and it went all a flop?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17We can't go crawling back, can we?
0:09:17 > 0:09:21I think it would be an amazing thing now. We'd get a good party,
0:09:21 > 0:09:22we'd get to live it up.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25But it's whether it's good for the next generations.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27And I just think it depends.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29But then it's up to the Scottish people then,
0:09:29 > 0:09:31cos it's about who we vote in - what we decide.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34And I guess that's the whole point of the exercise.
0:09:34 > 0:09:35It's up to us.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38I've spoken to Gazelle and I've spoken to these guys
0:09:38 > 0:09:43and they all vote yes and I was thinking I was in-between.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47When it first started, I was yes and then I went in-between,
0:09:47 > 0:09:50and I still want to say no, so I can disagree with them
0:09:50 > 0:09:52cos a bit of a debate would be fabulous!
0:09:52 > 0:09:53Are you still no?
0:09:53 > 0:09:56No, I'm in-between - I've always been in-between.
0:09:56 > 0:09:57Are you closer to yes now?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Cos of all yous - that's what I was saying earlier on -
0:09:59 > 0:10:01I'm closer to yes.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Can you imagine the party? Imagine the yes vote party?
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Oh, well, I'm definitely yes!
0:10:05 > 0:10:07I don't understand it anyway so I'll just vote yes,
0:10:07 > 0:10:09so I'll be with all my pals and we can all vote yes
0:10:09 > 0:10:12and we can all be fabulous together. Woooo!
0:10:13 > 0:10:15If it does become an independent Scotland, I hope it's a
0:10:15 > 0:10:19fabulous Scotland and it's full of glitter!
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Whoo!
0:10:22 > 0:10:25As Peaches and her pals head off into the dreich Glasgow night,
0:10:25 > 0:10:28we can but ponder a sky full of glitter.!
0:10:28 > 0:10:31MUSIC: "Sky Full Of Stars" by Coldplay
0:10:37 > 0:10:38Back at the castle,
0:10:38 > 0:10:41the laird and his wife are in no mood for partying.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46How are they going to fund all of this?
0:10:46 > 0:10:49To be honest, I agree, if you could have decent pensions,
0:10:49 > 0:10:53people who genuinely need benefits having a better standard of life,
0:10:53 > 0:10:58I agree with all of that, but how is it going to be funded?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02It's not just about we can do it, how we going to do it?
0:11:02 > 0:11:04- That's what I want to know. - I know.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07What's the advantages we're getting out of independence anyway?
0:11:07 > 0:11:09- None.- They're talking about more devolution anyway,
0:11:09 > 0:11:13so the power is going to be more in Edinburgh anyway.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14But, right...
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Free childcare - SNP are in power right now -
0:11:16 > 0:11:18why are they not giving it to me right now?
0:11:18 > 0:11:21If I had free childcare, I could go out to work.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Out to work rather than contribute the tiny amounts
0:11:24 > 0:11:27I'm contributing to the economy, I could be contributing a lot more.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Why do they have to wait until independence to do it?
0:11:34 > 0:11:36More homework for our voters.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Back in June, some research
0:11:38 > 0:11:41about the working-class vote was making the news.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44In every election, there's a type of voter that the
0:11:44 > 0:11:47politicians are just desperate to attract.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49And now, in this independence referendum,
0:11:49 > 0:11:51there's a new target. Who is it?
0:11:51 > 0:11:53For the sake of argument,
0:11:53 > 0:11:57we'll call him Easterhouse man...or woman.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59So who are we talking about?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Well, it's people from
0:12:01 > 0:12:03working-class areas, on lower incomes,
0:12:03 > 0:12:04who lean to the left,
0:12:04 > 0:12:08and the evidence suggests many are for independence.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10- I've heard this before. - I haven't.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13So those that live in the more deprived
0:12:13 > 0:12:15neighbourhoods of Scotland are more likely to vote yes,
0:12:15 > 0:12:18and those that live in the most affluent neighbourhoods
0:12:18 > 0:12:19are more likely to vote no.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22I wonder why?
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Because I think the SNP are playing on the fact that...
0:12:25 > 0:12:27They're saying that life will be better.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33So where do we find our Easterhouse voter on a wet Wednesday afternoon?
0:12:36 > 0:12:37Whoo!
0:12:40 > 0:12:41Despite the labels,
0:12:41 > 0:12:45not everyone here's convinced by the SNP's plans.
0:12:45 > 0:12:46It's all right saying increase
0:12:46 > 0:12:48the minimum wage, but when you cannae
0:12:48 > 0:12:52get a job what good's bloody talking about increasing the minimum wage?
0:12:52 > 0:12:54All the kids has not got a job to go to, so...
0:12:54 > 0:12:56That's a good point, actually.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59I don't want to use euros or anything like that.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02I've used them when I've been on holiday, and I just don't like them.
0:13:02 > 0:13:03They all talk the same,
0:13:03 > 0:13:06they all say the same - they're gonnae dae this, they're gonnae dae that,
0:13:06 > 0:13:09then when they get in, they all dae the bloody same, so...
0:13:09 > 0:13:11- Bang on!- How many people think that - what she just said?
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- I know. - Say wan thing, dae another.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19The higher up the ranks you go, I think it may still be no.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21If you're in amongst the working classes, I think
0:13:21 > 0:13:22the yes vote will be a strong vote.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24More to gain, less to lose.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27- But half the working class are not going to vote.- How?
0:13:27 > 0:13:29I don't think hardly anybody's hardly going to vote
0:13:29 > 0:13:32because I spoke to all my family - my sisters, my mum, my dad...
0:13:32 > 0:13:35- They not voting?! Why?- Because they don't know who to vote for.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37They're not interested.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Working class is traditionally SNP or Labour, and an awful
0:13:40 > 0:13:44lot of people associate the no vote with the Conservatives.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46And it's not, strictly speaking, true
0:13:46 > 0:13:48because it's all of the other parties,
0:13:48 > 0:13:52apart from the SNP are saying that they think it should be a no.
0:13:52 > 0:13:57But, unfortunately, it's getting tarred with a Tory brush, basically.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01People at the top of the scale it's like...
0:14:01 > 0:14:04"I've got X amount of money, I've got my property,
0:14:04 > 0:14:07"I've got business interests here, I've got business interests
0:14:07 > 0:14:10"in England - how's it going to affect me financially?"
0:14:10 > 0:14:12So, obviously, it's a bigger
0:14:12 > 0:14:14decision for them on a personal level.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16More risk for them to consider.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19On the face of it,
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Andy and Simon may not appear to have much in common.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26One lives in a castle, the other in a council bedsit.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Simon works on his own estate,
0:14:29 > 0:14:32whilst Andy works to maintain someone else's.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35But they do have at least one thing in common -
0:14:35 > 0:14:38they're both passionate about their country,
0:14:38 > 0:14:40just in slightly different ways.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45Simon thinks the idea of independence is too drastic.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Need to get from the top of the cliff to the bottom,
0:14:48 > 0:14:50you can either jump and hope the water's deep enough,
0:14:50 > 0:14:52or you can use a ladder or a rope or something -
0:14:52 > 0:14:55let's be a little bit more sensible about it.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Andy's ready to take the plunge.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Sometimes, people in Scotland
0:14:59 > 0:15:03can diverge from our southern neighbours when it comes to
0:15:03 > 0:15:09things like welfare cuts, bedroom tax, invading other countries.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12I mean, a lot of the time, people in Scotland don't go for that,
0:15:12 > 0:15:14but we're carried along by the majority.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19So if we have our own say in that,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22we can make our own decisions, basically.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25And it's basically like growing up.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27I mean, I've grown up in my life.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29I sort of became independent and self-sufficient.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32I don't see why a country can't do it either, you know?
0:15:32 > 0:15:35DRILLS WHIR
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Big, grown up Andy is doing a spot of DIY.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45He's preparing to get his message out there.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49You can knock these up in no time at all and, of course,
0:15:49 > 0:15:53because it's yes, the colour scheme doesn't matter, cos that was
0:15:53 > 0:15:54thought out beforehand, I think.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58And three letters, which is not Better Together which is...
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Or no, which is negative.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06Basically it's a case of drill a couple of holes, or whatever,
0:16:06 > 0:16:08and just put them up wherever you want.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13Just take a board, pick a spot...
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Done - that's one.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Then just repeat the process
0:16:24 > 0:16:27until you get bored - no pun intended!
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Simon's not shy about showing his allegiance either,
0:16:42 > 0:16:46but today he's not on the campaign trail - he's on the tourist trail.
0:16:46 > 0:16:51There are currently 25 Crawfords staying at his castle -
0:16:51 > 0:16:54from America, Canada and England.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56They've come to celebrate their clan -
0:16:56 > 0:16:58and all things Scottish.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12Robert The Bruce, himself, is buried in the Abbey.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Within the grounds of the Abbey, we have Wallace's mother,
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Margaret Crawford, who you all know is one of the reasons why
0:17:18 > 0:17:20we have that great connection with Wallace.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Today, Simon's brought the Crawford clan to Dunfermline Abbey -
0:17:23 > 0:17:27an important site in the history of William Wallace and
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Robert The Bruce - who just happen to be a couple of his relatives.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35I've always kind of known about my history and the family history,
0:17:35 > 0:17:40so I suppose it just means I'm very passionate about Scotland
0:17:40 > 0:17:44and where we've come from to get to where we are now.
0:17:44 > 0:17:45It does really kind of...
0:17:45 > 0:17:48It kind of gets you in the pit of your stomach thinking,
0:17:48 > 0:17:52"Oh the real Scottishness of what we're looking at,"
0:17:52 > 0:17:53all the different sites,
0:17:53 > 0:17:56going round all the old ruins and Bannockburn at the weekend
0:17:56 > 0:17:58and places like this.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02As the pilgrimage continues for Simon and his tourists,
0:18:02 > 0:18:06it's all one-way traffic in Andy's drive for independence.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12Well, Monday was the 100 days to the referendum, so now's the time
0:18:12 > 0:18:15when we start to put up boards, flags, stuff like that...
0:18:17 > 0:18:20..just in the build-up to the referendum.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22But it's just basically...
0:18:22 > 0:18:23It's quite a good way to reach people
0:18:23 > 0:18:27because a lot of these roads are quite busy during rush hour,
0:18:27 > 0:18:31so you put a board up saying anything, just like, "Yes,"
0:18:31 > 0:18:36hundreds, if no thousands, of people see it in 24 hours.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40So even if they're taken down within a week or so,
0:18:40 > 0:18:44they've served their purpose because so many people have seen them.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48There's nothing really UK unionists can tell me to make me feel,
0:18:48 > 0:18:50you know, I'd rather stick with the UK.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54Because every day we're in the UK I think I'm losing something.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56I think there's somebody taking advantage or somebody getting
0:18:56 > 0:18:58one over on me.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05It seems that a change in the political landscape has not
0:19:05 > 0:19:08been the only kind of change on Andy's mind.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14WOMAN: You've obviously had a big change in the facial-hair stakes.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17ANDY LAUGHS. No change in your vote, though?
0:19:17 > 0:19:18No, no, no, no, no!
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Naw, I've still got a pulse!
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Naw, naw, still got the pulse!
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Simon's finished his tour-guide duties for the day
0:19:34 > 0:19:38and is throwing an unseasonal Burns supper for his guests.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41The Haggis! THEY TOAST THE HAGGIS
0:19:43 > 0:19:45- WOMAN:- Could any of this stuff this week -
0:19:45 > 0:19:47revisiting all these sights and, you know,
0:19:47 > 0:19:51it's been the anniversary of Bannockburn...
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Yeah, were at both Saturday and Sunday
0:19:54 > 0:19:56at the Bannockburn Live and the Pipe Fest on Friday.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59And you're going to ask me, is that going to change my mind?!
0:19:59 > 0:20:00No, why would it change my mind?
0:20:00 > 0:20:03I still think Scotland's the best country in the world but it
0:20:03 > 0:20:06doesn't need to be independent to be the best country in the world!
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Tonight is the last night at the castle
0:20:10 > 0:20:14for the visiting Crawford clan.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17They have shared ten days of all things Scottish
0:20:17 > 0:20:18with their cousin Simon.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21It's not that I think it's better for me,
0:20:21 > 0:20:23because it's not going to make any odds to me either way,
0:20:23 > 0:20:27we will carry on being here and we will see Scotland through.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28So, it doesn't matter which way it goes,
0:20:28 > 0:20:32but I think Scotland will do better if we stay in the union.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35"Whene'er to Drink you are inclin'd,
0:20:35 > 0:20:37"Or Cutty-sarks rin in your mind,
0:20:37 > 0:20:41"Think ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
0:20:41 > 0:20:45"Remember Tam O'Shanter's mare."
0:20:45 > 0:20:49CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Homework time again for our voters.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02It's probably fair to say that on the road to the referendum,
0:21:02 > 0:21:05there has been one particular topic that has come up again and again
0:21:05 > 0:21:08and again and again.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12Perhaps man's best friend could shed some light on the matter,
0:21:12 > 0:21:16in this clip, produced by supporters of the Yes campaign.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18What's the only pound you cannae spend?
0:21:18 > 0:21:21The dog pound! HE CHUCKLES
0:21:21 > 0:21:22HE SNORTS
0:21:22 > 0:21:26Aye, but there's a pound we can all spend, even after independence.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30And that's the pound we have right now.
0:21:30 > 0:21:31A pound is a pound,
0:21:31 > 0:21:36whether it's got a picture of the Queen, Rabbie Burns, or even me.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39In future, will Scotland have its own currency?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41The Highland goat!
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Aye, it's goat, not groat.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47"I'll give you two goats for that pint of milk!"
0:21:47 > 0:21:48HE LAUGHS
0:21:48 > 0:21:53Well, Ireland kept the pound when it became independent in 1922,
0:21:53 > 0:21:55and kept it for over 50 years.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58- And look how great they are doing now(!)- Yeah, exactly.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Whoo, I want to be just like Ireland(!)
0:22:01 > 0:22:04But the UK Government has said it might not want to share.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07The currency is under the pound, if we don't have the pound, then...
0:22:07 > 0:22:10That's not going to happen, they realise that now.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Before we split up with them, they are just trying to say,
0:22:12 > 0:22:14"Yous have part of that debt..."
0:22:14 > 0:22:18But they won't have an independent Scotland and not give us
0:22:18 > 0:22:20the pound, because there is too much...
0:22:20 > 0:22:22They are missing out on too much.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25The pound belongs as much to Scotland as it does to the rest of the UK.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28It's like a shared asset.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32But if they want to keep all the assets after independence,
0:22:32 > 0:22:34then they get to keep the debts as well.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38That thing's very good. Vote yes! I'm joking.
0:22:38 > 0:22:44I love this idea that theoretically, if Scotland doesn't get
0:22:44 > 0:22:49the pound, that then, we manage to magically ditch all the debt...
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Get rid of all our debt.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56No, Scotland has to take some of the portion of debt that the UK has had.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00# I'll be the thorn in your side, till you die
0:23:00 > 0:23:04# I'll be the thorn in your side, for always
0:23:04 > 0:23:09# If we sink, we lift our love... #
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Frank has been trying to steer his best pal, Stewart,
0:23:11 > 0:23:13towards a yes vote.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17If anything, he appears to be drifting further away.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22I still have it in the back of my mind that we are stronger together.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26I don't know, I really dinnae ken.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30I ken an awfy lot of fine folk south of the border,
0:23:30 > 0:23:34and I'm not really wanting to lose them either.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36So, I'm not completely convinced.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Frank has come up with some good arguments and I cannae argue
0:23:39 > 0:23:41with them, a lot of them,
0:23:41 > 0:23:43but there are three things that niggle with me yet.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Well...
0:23:45 > 0:23:50Your friends, all your friends south of the border,
0:23:50 > 0:23:54I wouldn't say, "Right, there's a border."
0:23:54 > 0:23:55You're going to be friends forever.
0:23:55 > 0:24:00- There's not going to be a unified country, though.- No, but...- Any more.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Well, that's the whole point. That is the whole point.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07300 years we've been in our position against Westminster,
0:24:07 > 0:24:12and it's time for to stop it.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15I don't think it's taking that much of a risk, to be independent,
0:24:15 > 0:24:18because I think financially, we are going to be better off.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20I know we are.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22STEWART SIGHS
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Yeah... I don't know.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30Like Stewart, Shaun and Devon have been undecided voters,
0:24:30 > 0:24:33but Shaun is swaying towards yes, with a little help
0:24:33 > 0:24:36from his friends and the promise of a party to end all parties.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Have you made up your mind at all yet, or are you still confused?
0:24:39 > 0:24:43At first, I was no, and then, I don't know,
0:24:43 > 0:24:47loads of people have been talking about it and it's made me go maybe
0:24:47 > 0:24:50yes, but then I've still not made my final decision, I don't know yet.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54- Is there anything that could maybe sway you a wee bit?- I don't know.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57A lot of people have said, like, small businesses and that
0:24:57 > 0:24:59will suffer if we vote yes,
0:24:59 > 0:25:01and obviously we work in a small business.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03But then, I also think with hairdressing,
0:25:03 > 0:25:05people are still going to need their hair done,
0:25:05 > 0:25:09so it's not really going to affect us that much.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12But that's all I can really think about, obviously, your work
0:25:12 > 0:25:16and stuff, but I don't think it'll really affect our job.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17It is very tricky.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21- I'm saying I'll vote yes now, but it might change again.- I know.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- It's changed, like, three times! - It's been changing every week!
0:25:24 > 0:25:27But now... THEY LAUGH
0:25:27 > 0:25:29But now I'm all for it, I think.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33Aye, until next week, somebody tells you something bad, you're like, "Oh, no, I'm not voting for that!"
0:25:33 > 0:25:36The more Blue WKD I drink, I change my mind again!
0:25:36 > 0:25:41Shaun's opinion seems as changeable as the weather, whereas Mark
0:25:41 > 0:25:46is standing firm, arguing his case for the union, with mixed results.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48At the minute, you get your prescriptions
0:25:48 > 0:25:50and all that free, right? You get free eye tests.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Aye, here, only in Scotland.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56So, if we go independent, how will we be able to keep that up?
0:25:56 > 0:26:01- But that's only in Scotland anyway. - Is it?- Uh-huh.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Jessica seemed to be swinging towards a no vote,
0:26:04 > 0:26:06and even baby Oliver had got in on the act.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Are you voting no, yeah?
0:26:09 > 0:26:10BABY GURGLES
0:26:10 > 0:26:12He's voting no as well.
0:26:12 > 0:26:17But could there be trouble in paradise?
0:26:17 > 0:26:20I just think sometimes he talks nonsense and I'm just like,
0:26:20 > 0:26:22I can't be bothered listening to him.
0:26:22 > 0:26:27You know women and guys, don't you? Guys aren't allowed an opinion and women are allowed everything, so...
0:26:27 > 0:26:30I've got my opinions, strong opinions on how I see things.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33She doesn't agree because she thinks I don't know what I'm talking about.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36If we take a big risk like going independent,
0:26:36 > 0:26:41can you positively tell me that you know that we are going to survive?
0:26:41 > 0:26:44- No. - Boom! Point proven.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Mark may think he's proved his point, but it seems that
0:26:51 > 0:26:56Jessica has been doing some extra homework on her own.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00I was voting no just because I thought it was the right thing to do,
0:27:00 > 0:27:04but when I've actually took responsibility and read up about it and things,
0:27:04 > 0:27:09and realised the kind of benefits for Scotland to be an independent
0:27:09 > 0:27:14country, I don't think it's more that I've surprised myself,
0:27:14 > 0:27:17it's more that I feel I'm making a responsible decision.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21For me, I think yes is the right thing to do.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25Mum Sharleen has arrived for lunch with Jessica and baby Oliver.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27She has always been voting yes
0:27:27 > 0:27:30and had hoped that her daughter would join her.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34So, what has changed? Because you were yes, then you were undecided...
0:27:34 > 0:27:35Just all the information about it.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38I don't want to have to pay £7.85 for prescriptions,
0:27:38 > 0:27:41I don't want to have to pay £9,000 for him to go to university.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Just, like, the NHS is going to be privatised, there's
0:27:44 > 0:27:48nothing beneficial to stay part of the UK.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50- Are you totally, totally yes? - Totally.- Totally yes?
0:27:50 > 0:27:53So, when you go into the box on the 18th, you're going to say yes?
0:27:53 > 0:27:54Uh-huh.
0:27:54 > 0:27:59So, what does Mark think about the fact that you're totally yes now?
0:27:59 > 0:28:01He said he will divorce me if...
0:28:01 > 0:28:02SHE LAUGHS
0:28:02 > 0:28:05..if I vote yes.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09- Just because he's... - Joking? Or is he meaning it?
0:28:09 > 0:28:15Well, he just likes being, totally, like... together, as a union.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Next week on Mibbes Aye, Mibbes Naw...
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Could there be more than one union at risk?
0:28:21 > 0:28:24If things don't go the way you're planning, what is your plan B?
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Stewart finally makes his decision.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29I've been doing an awful lot of hard thinking about this.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32But is it the one that Frank has been hoping for?