:00:00. > :00:00.sake! So I don't think many procedures may changing. But as a
:00:00. > :00:10.result, things will be looked at, and Robert quite rightly so. --
:00:11. > :00:12.probably quite rightly so. On Newsnight Scotland tonight, just
:00:13. > :00:18.100 days until the Commonwealth Games. We now know Red Road won't
:00:19. > :00:24.explode to launch the games, but what other unpredicted crises might
:00:25. > :00:28.litter the road ahead? Good evening. This evening the Games
:00:29. > :00:31.organisers revealed the exact details of the medals, and that's
:00:32. > :00:36.surely what the Commonwealth Games is really all about. But there are
:00:37. > :00:40.quite a few other competitions underway. Will the Games beat
:00:41. > :00:43.history and provide a successfully legacy? Will they beat tradition and
:00:44. > :00:47.come in under budget? And whatever happens on the tracks and fields,
:00:48. > :00:50.which politicians, if any, will be able to claim victory, and the
:00:51. > :01:03.popularity which ought to come with that? Huw Williams reports: this
:01:04. > :01:10.contains flash photography. Now we know. We will not be seeing
:01:11. > :01:17.this as part of the opening ceremony, because of safety
:01:18. > :01:22.concerns. But when you talk about health and safety concerns, is that
:01:23. > :01:29.just they way of saving face? The frantic round of interviews that
:01:30. > :01:32.explained why the U-turn took place. We had discussions with police
:01:33. > :01:36.Scotland. The nature of the opposition would make this not a
:01:37. > :01:41.commemorative event but a potential protest. That is not what the
:01:42. > :01:46.opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games is about. Organisers instead
:01:47. > :01:55.today wanted to mark an important milestone, 100 days to go. Time to
:01:56. > :02:08.reveal designs for the medals at a ceremony in Kelvingrove Art Gallery.
:02:09. > :02:15.How about those medals, ladies and gentlemen? Designed by Joomla!,
:02:16. > :02:30.Jonathan Boyd, they will go to the best of the best. -- designed by
:02:31. > :02:34.Joomla! -- jeweller. But sceptical voices asking who the real winners
:02:35. > :02:43.will be. It is claimed that the games will regenerate the East End
:02:44. > :02:48.of Glasgow. It is a euphemism for gentrification. It is about who
:02:49. > :02:55.benefits. That is still to be proud of in. Gentrification is associated
:02:56. > :03:00.with higher rents, house prices, land values, and the displacement of
:03:01. > :03:05.the poor and working class. That is what we see when we look around at
:03:06. > :03:16.the legacy of the Commonwealth Games. He claims the sums do not add
:03:17. > :03:21.up. The budget in 2007 was ?370 million. It is now ?560 million. And
:03:22. > :03:29.we have yet to see where most expenditure will be, April through
:03:30. > :03:33.to September. It is already 50% over budget and will go up considerably.
:03:34. > :03:40.Look at the Olympic games. The initial budget was ?2 billion. It
:03:41. > :03:47.had up to ?11 billion. Manchester Commonwealth Games were on hand to
:03:48. > :03:53.20% over budget. In Delhi, ten times over budget. Glasgow will not go
:03:54. > :03:59.over budget on that scale but it will go up, for sure. And he says
:04:00. > :04:07.that promises about new homes for the East End also look dubious.
:04:08. > :04:14.The figure has been reduced to 800 homes from 1400. Only 300 for social
:04:15. > :04:21.rent. We estimate that the population of Dalmarnock is
:04:22. > :04:26.approximately about 3000 homes beforehand, subject for faced
:04:27. > :04:29.demolition. I don't say how it is possible that the local population
:04:30. > :04:36.could be repopulated into the games Village. The legacy will be for
:04:37. > :04:42.private homes, construction, not for the people who live in the East End.
:04:43. > :04:45.Supporters of the games of course insist that they will be the biggest
:04:46. > :04:50.sporting and cultural event ever seen in Scotland.
:04:51. > :04:53.A short while ago the newly promoted Cabinet Secretary for Sport came
:04:54. > :04:57.into the studio. I asked Shona Robison if it had been a mistake to
:04:58. > :05:01.back the initial plan for the Red Road flats to feature in the
:05:02. > :05:07.Commonwealth Games opening ceremony: .
:05:08. > :05:11.It was the wrong decision for the right reasons. We thought it would
:05:12. > :05:16.be good to tell a story about Glasgow's regeneration. About the
:05:17. > :05:20.modern Glasgow emerging through the demolition of Red Road. But it
:05:21. > :05:25.became apparent that the public did not back the decision, there was
:05:26. > :05:29.great disquiet. What we want more than anything is the games as a
:05:30. > :05:36.unifying force for Glasgow and Scotland. We do not want to divide
:05:37. > :05:42.opinion and as it became clear that public opinion was not on the side
:05:43. > :05:48.of this idea, changes had to be made that was in security advice came in
:05:49. > :05:51.it was a game changer as well. Now the right decision has been made by
:05:52. > :05:55.the organisers to not include that as part of the opening ceremony and
:05:56. > :06:01.focus on delivering a fantastic games with an hundred days to go.
:06:02. > :06:08.And a fantastic games it will be. What still needs what still needs to
:06:09. > :06:14.be done? Hand and will be handed over next month. The athletic
:06:15. > :06:19.Stadium. A fantastic transformation from football to athletics, looking
:06:20. > :06:26.absolutely fantastic. Transport plans are coming to fruition. The
:06:27. > :06:30.last mile is making sure everything is as it needs to be for the opening
:06:31. > :06:37.ceremony. Let's talk about the legacy in the East End of Glasgow.
:06:38. > :06:40.We heard about that in our film. Is the legacy really just about the
:06:41. > :06:46.host city rather than everywhere else? We have been very clear that
:06:47. > :06:51.legacy is about Glasgow and the rest of Scotland. That is really
:06:52. > :07:01.important. We have over the national legacy programmes and plans working
:07:02. > :07:04.at the moment. -- over 50. Refurbishing sports facilities,
:07:05. > :07:09.education programmes, schools involved, learning about the
:07:10. > :07:14.Commonwealth, making connections, it is Glasgow and Scotland's games and
:07:15. > :07:19.the legacy should be for both. How long will the legacy last in terms
:07:20. > :07:25.of funding? Most of it will carry on. The active places fund is only
:07:26. > :07:31.halfway through, it will carry beyond the games. We are looking at
:07:32. > :07:34.ten years. At the end of that we will be able to assess the impact of
:07:35. > :07:39.legacy. It does not happen overnight. You cannot turn around
:07:40. > :07:44.the fitness and health of the nation overnight. But getting people active
:07:45. > :07:49.more often, that is working, it will just take time to come through. The
:07:50. > :07:54.direct benefits to the East End of Glasgow are visibly taking place.
:07:55. > :07:58.The athletes village, the regeneration of East End, now
:07:59. > :08:09.unrecognisable. Huge changes for local people. But as we heard they
:08:10. > :08:17.are, gentrified. Talking about only 300 social homes. We 3000 were
:08:18. > :08:23.demolished. Will poorer families be pushed out of the East End? The
:08:24. > :08:27.athletes village will have 700 homes, 400 for social housing will
:08:28. > :08:35.stop we hope the rest of the land will be developed over time. But
:08:36. > :08:41.we're just come through a recession. That has an impact in terms of
:08:42. > :08:49.house-building. Will there be a like-for-like replacement to the
:08:50. > :08:55.3000 houses demolished? We will deliver 400 new homes. If you ask
:08:56. > :09:02.local people, there have been surveys carried out, they show huge
:09:03. > :09:08.support for the games. It is not as housing. A community centre is being
:09:09. > :09:11.built. It will house local services. That is a tangible legacy. The
:09:12. > :09:16.station has been refurbished. As Mrs a moving out. Young people getting
:09:17. > :09:24.apprenticeships. All of us have to be taken into account when we're
:09:25. > :09:31.measuring legacy. Will the price tag go up? The budget is ?575 million
:09:32. > :09:38.which includes the security budget. That is the budget, it is on
:09:39. > :09:44.time... Do you need any more? No, we are where we need to be. The
:09:45. > :09:50.organisers run a tight ship. They have not put a foot wrong. The Red
:09:51. > :09:58.Road issue has been difficult over the last couple of weeks but they
:09:59. > :10:03.have done a good job. As the Commonwealth Games Federation said a
:10:04. > :10:15.week ago, these are set to be the Games ever. What difference will it
:10:16. > :10:20.make day today? I think it is good for sport and we have had good
:10:21. > :10:24.feedback from the sporting world, saying they are pleased that sport
:10:25. > :10:31.will have a direct voice around the Cabinet table. I have additional
:10:32. > :10:37.responsibilities looking at pensioners' writes. We are taking
:10:38. > :10:41.forward our consultation on improving the position of women on
:10:42. > :10:47.Ord, so there is a big job to be done there. The Games is the main
:10:48. > :10:50.focus over the next couple of months as you appreciate, but there are
:10:51. > :10:56.many other important parts of my job which I'm looking forward to taking
:10:57. > :10:59.forward. I'm joined now from Edinburgh by Professor Joe
:11:00. > :11:02.Goldblatt, an expert in planned events. In Oxford is Dr Allison
:11:03. > :11:05.Stewart, who researches some of the problems facing Olympic and
:11:06. > :11:08.Commonwealth Games. And here in the studio is Steven Purcell, who was
:11:09. > :11:13.leader of Glasgow Council when the city won the race to hold the Games.
:11:14. > :11:19.Good evening. Steven Purcell. Was there an misjudgement on the part of
:11:20. > :11:23.people organising the Games when they talked about the demolition of
:11:24. > :11:31.those flats? I think it was a sincere decision and, knowing the
:11:32. > :11:39.people involved, I have no doubt about their sensitivity. The
:11:40. > :11:43.Glaswegians are very proud of their history, their social history. There
:11:44. > :11:50.is a sensitivity around the demolition programme across the
:11:51. > :11:54.city, not least around the red Road flats, and Games organisers should
:11:55. > :12:09.be congratulated for recognising this. Professor Joe Goldblatt, is it
:12:10. > :12:13.inevitable when you are organising something like this that the
:12:14. > :12:22.organisers will stumble one way or the other? Let's remember one thing.
:12:23. > :12:27.This is the Commonwealth Games. The athletic events are the most
:12:28. > :12:31.important part of this ceremony. We now need to shift the focus away
:12:32. > :12:37.from the ceremony back towards the athletes. The ceremony will be
:12:38. > :12:41.important because we are told it will not only be about athleticism
:12:42. > :12:48.but about projecting Glasgow to the world. Of course it is important for
:12:49. > :12:52.that reason but it also sets the tone for the Games. It is
:12:53. > :12:57.yesterday's news now and the organisers should be congratulated
:12:58. > :13:04.for moving things on. We were always determined that class goat thinks
:13:05. > :13:14.about the legacy and what we do after the Games has left the city.
:13:15. > :13:21.Professor Joe Goldblatt, what do you think, in this context, what should
:13:22. > :13:30.legacy be? What should it mean? I actually agree with your guest about
:13:31. > :13:35.how important it is to generate long-term employment. I have many
:13:36. > :13:41.students who are have been employed and are receiving voluntary
:13:42. > :13:45.opportunities, so all of these things are important in the short
:13:46. > :13:52.term. The long-term employment should happen naturally. There is
:13:53. > :13:58.the issue of facility usage, and the big issue of health, ambition and
:13:59. > :14:07.hope for the future citizens of Glasgow. Do you recognise the issues
:14:08. > :14:12.that were raised in our fill? There may not be enough social housing for
:14:13. > :14:25.the people that live in that area. -- film. The people of Glasgow may
:14:26. > :14:31.not call their home "home" . The development of the village after the
:14:32. > :14:35.Games, there was a lot of thought put into the right balance and
:14:36. > :14:44.subsequently, there was a great deal of effort put into surveying the
:14:45. > :14:52.local people in the East End is, and I have no doubt that those
:14:53. > :14:59.organising the Games, a balance will be struck. 3000 homes have been
:15:00. > :15:04.abolished, those were the figures we heard earlier. The balance is out of
:15:05. > :15:12.kilter. If you compare the Games village with those 3000 homes in
:15:13. > :15:17.Dalmarnock, there has been a remarkable transformation in the
:15:18. > :15:23.East End of the city. 3000 homes have been demolished, 3000 people
:15:24. > :15:29.are not on the street, but many are waiting for the opportunity for a
:15:30. > :15:33.new home. Many families have children in the area who have
:15:34. > :15:37.received apprenticeships and employment because of the Games. The
:15:38. > :15:42.wider regeneration of the area that has happened, away from the East
:15:43. > :15:46.End, the chance for Glasgow is to build on this legacy and make sure
:15:47. > :15:50.the Games are the springboard to the next phase of transformation in the
:15:51. > :15:55.city, and it is actually very exciting, and that is why we do not
:15:56. > :16:01.need distractions. Joe, what about Scotland as a whole? We have been
:16:02. > :16:09.told that this is Scotland's Games and not just Glasgow's. But surely
:16:10. > :16:16.the closer you are to where it happens, the more benefits you will
:16:17. > :16:20.see? There is a tradition where cities are known as Olympic cities
:16:21. > :16:24.or Commonwealth Games cities, but there is a ripple effect that is
:16:25. > :16:31.felt for many miles beyond the originating destination, in terms of
:16:32. > :16:35.tourism, in terms of employment, and also in terms of the public
:16:36. > :16:43.ambition, as the hopes and dreams of a nation rise through a major events
:16:44. > :16:46.such as this. That is an important event in terms of managing
:16:47. > :16:51.hyperbole. We talk about being the biggest and the best, but in this
:16:52. > :16:56.context we have to be careful we do not oversell what is happening. I
:16:57. > :16:59.cannot remember one Olympic Games or Commonwealth Games where the
:17:00. > :17:05.sanctioning body has not said that this will be the best games ever.
:17:06. > :17:14.That is the challenge to the host city and nation. It is impossible to
:17:15. > :17:21.compare apples, but I will say this. Compared to New Delhi, I would
:17:22. > :17:26.give the organising committee in Glasgow a gold star! I wonder what
:17:27. > :17:37.an accolade that is considering the problems we had in New Delhi. We
:17:38. > :17:40.cannot understate the opportunity of these Games. This is the biggest
:17:41. > :17:45.cultural and sporting events that not just our city but our country
:17:46. > :17:50.could pose. I know from being in Melbourne in 2006, and visiting
:17:51. > :17:55.Manchester White recently, the opportunity and confident it can
:17:56. > :18:00.bring to the city, the springboard... It is not right to
:18:01. > :18:06.compare it to New Delhi but Manchester and Melbourne very
:18:07. > :18:12.similar. I do not think politicians are going to compare the way they
:18:13. > :18:26.are changing. OK, thank you for that. Let me apologise to Allison
:18:27. > :18:35.Stewart because we were not able to speak to her because of technical
:18:36. > :18:41.difficulties. Philip Hammond says that any possibility of a speedy
:18:42. > :18:44.movement of Trident is wrong. The police are warning people that they
:18:45. > :18:48.are risking their lives by taking recreational drugs. That's all from
:18:49. > :18:51.me tonight. I'll be back in the morning with Good Morning Scotland
:18:52. > :18:56.on Radio Scotland at six o'clock. Good night.