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Less than three days to go to the referendum. | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
Campaigning intensifies with the yes campaign saying that more and more | :00:10. | :00:13. | |
business people believe Scotland should run it's own affairs. | :00:14. | :00:18. | |
But Better Together say the only way to guarantee jobs is to | :00:19. | :00:21. | |
stay part of the union as the Prime Minister warns there's no | :00:22. | :00:23. | |
Independence would be a painful divorce. How dare they say that this | :00:24. | :00:42. | |
country is not capable of running its own affairs? | :00:43. | :00:44. | |
We'll be speaking live to two leading figures from either side of | :00:45. | :00:48. | |
the debate, the finance Secretary John Swinney and the Liberal | :00:49. | :00:50. | |
At more than ?4 million in donations it's the most expensive political | :00:51. | :00:54. | |
We'll be looking at how the theatre world has been | :00:55. | :01:10. | |
The Prime Minister is in Aberdeen tonight, | :01:11. | :01:31. | |
making his final planned visit to Scotland before the referendum. | :01:32. | :01:34. | |
He made an impassioned plea not to break up what he called the "family" | :01:35. | :01:38. | |
Earlier, The First Minister joined business leaders making the case | :01:39. | :01:43. | |
for independence and hit out what he called the "scaremongering" | :01:44. | :01:45. | |
There are now just two full days of campaigning, | :01:46. | :01:51. | |
Here's our political editor, Brian Taylor. | :01:52. | :01:59. | |
A quiet word in a busy Hamilton cafe. Nicola Sturgeon promises that | :02:00. | :02:06. | |
pensions will be protected, while she urges the elderly to vote yes in | :02:07. | :02:11. | |
order to improve the prospects for the next generation. I believe as we | :02:12. | :02:15. | |
go into the final days of this campaign that people understand the | :02:16. | :02:20. | |
choice we have. We could vote yes to keep control of her country. Or we | :02:21. | :02:23. | |
could vote no and hand control of the future of Scotland Street back | :02:24. | :02:27. | |
to Westminster. I think people will vote yes to keep control of the | :02:28. | :02:32. | |
future of Scotland. On the other side of the campaign, the former | :02:33. | :02:36. | |
Defence Secretary John Reid meets shipyard workers in Glasgow. He said | :02:37. | :02:41. | |
defence work and more jobs were safe within the union, and warned that it | :02:42. | :02:49. | |
should not be a protest vote. It is not the national lottery. You can | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
ask for another ticket. It is not buying a car, where you can take it | :02:54. | :02:58. | |
back and say, I am sorry, it doesn't work, good I have another one? This | :02:59. | :03:04. | |
is for life. This is for ever. It is the jobs of these guys and our | :03:05. | :03:10. | |
children. Tonight in Aberdeen, the Prime Minister warned that the | :03:11. | :03:13. | |
family of nations comprising the UK would break apart if there was a yes | :03:14. | :03:17. | |
vote. He said Scottish people should not be motivated by a desire to harm | :03:18. | :03:24. | |
the Tories. Head, heart and soul we want you to stay. Please don't mix | :03:25. | :03:28. | |
up the temporary and the permanent. Please don't think, I am frustrated | :03:29. | :03:32. | |
right now, so I will walk out the door and never come back. If you | :03:33. | :03:38. | |
don't like me, I won't be sure forever. If you don't like this | :03:39. | :03:41. | |
government, it won't last forever. But if you leave the United Kingdom, | :03:42. | :03:53. | |
that will be forever. Home again. Alex Salmond, back on the floor, | :03:54. | :03:57. | |
where he was born. He said the next time the Prime Minister comes to | :03:58. | :04:01. | |
Scotland, he will be negotiating the terms of independence after a yes | :04:02. | :04:06. | |
vote. Mr Salmond dismissed claims that businesses would struggle in an | :04:07. | :04:11. | |
independent Scotland. This, the land of Adam Smith, nobody sensible | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
believes that this country which funded the science of economics, | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
this country which gave the world so much in so many areas, how dare they | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
say that this country is not capable of running its own affairs? Today, | :04:26. | :04:32. | |
the talk is on the streets of Scotland. On Thursday, it moves to | :04:33. | :04:40. | |
the polling stations. Brian is here. Another busy day, and tonight, more | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
movement on that offer of more powers. The Prime Minister was | :04:47. | :04:50. | |
primarily talking about the risks associated with independence, as you | :04:51. | :04:54. | |
heard, there was also a passionate plea for the union, and an emphasis | :04:55. | :04:57. | |
on his argument that more powers would follow a no vote. It was not | :04:58. | :05:02. | |
aid no vote, no change. Gordon Brown was building on that. He said he | :05:03. | :05:10. | |
wants three guarantees for Scotland, the idea of fairness being at the | :05:11. | :05:14. | |
heart of the evolving UK, a permanent place for Scotland's | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
within that evolving UK constitution, and on funding, | :05:19. | :05:25. | |
maintaining the Barrett formula for Scotland and ensuring that the new | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
tax powers that come to Scotland allow Scotland to spend more and | :05:30. | :05:33. | |
therefore defended the NHS. These are Gordon Brown's ideas, but he | :05:34. | :05:38. | |
also put forward the timetable that was endorsed, it may well be that | :05:39. | :05:41. | |
this is accepted as being the position of the Better Together | :05:42. | :05:46. | |
camp. From the other side, they say that these powers have not been | :05:47. | :05:50. | |
agreed across the parties, and it is no certainty as to what Scotland | :05:51. | :05:53. | |
would be offered. They say they could be stuck at Westminster and | :05:54. | :05:57. | |
the mood might change in the event of a no vote, and these proposals | :05:58. | :06:02. | |
may get stuck in the Westminster treacle. On this offer of | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
independence, you have competing perspectives, on the offer of no | :06:07. | :06:11. | |
powers. An intriguing referendum. Thank you. | :06:12. | :06:14. | |
More than ?4.5 million has now been donated to | :06:15. | :06:16. | |
the two rival campaigns in the referendum, since last December. | :06:17. | :06:19. | |
That means more money has been spent on this political campaign than any | :06:20. | :06:22. | |
Our economics correspondent Colletta Smith has the details. | :06:23. | :06:36. | |
Over the last year, those with big money had been backing both sides of | :06:37. | :06:43. | |
the debate. The total figure for political campaigning in Scotland | :06:44. | :06:48. | |
has hit a record high. Today's figures show the total amount given | :06:49. | :06:54. | |
to the campaign organisations. The Yes campaign has received more than | :06:55. | :06:58. | |
?1.8 million, and the No campaign had been given over ?3 million. That | :06:59. | :07:08. | |
the worst the spend in the 2010 general election, where just over ?3 | :07:09. | :07:12. | |
million was spent in total in Scotland. The question is, what is | :07:13. | :07:17. | |
all the cash being spent on? Some of it goes on staff and offices, but | :07:18. | :07:21. | |
the biggest chunk has gone directly on trying to win your vote. The | :07:22. | :07:27. | |
billboard company prime site who have been sticking up posters for | :07:28. | :07:30. | |
both campaigns say that the total amount of spending is around ?1.5 | :07:31. | :07:36. | |
million, with lots of that going to them. I think we have probably never | :07:37. | :07:40. | |
seen such high given the levels on billboards that over the last ten | :07:41. | :07:45. | |
months, and this has had a huge impact. ?1.5 million is a lot of | :07:46. | :07:51. | |
money to be spending. How much does it cost per one advert? And | :07:52. | :08:00. | |
eliminated billboard costs ?1500 for a week. Digital screens can be | :08:01. | :08:09. | |
between ?1800 up to ?10,000, for a two-week period. It is not just | :08:10. | :08:13. | |
posters that have been eating up campaign budgets. Over the last | :08:14. | :08:17. | |
couple of months, we have been inundated by material from both the | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
Yes campaign and the No campaign on about this sort of publication does | :08:23. | :08:27. | |
not come cheap. Is it really worth it? Will the referendum result | :08:28. | :08:31. | |
effectively be decided by which campaign has spent the most money? I | :08:32. | :08:35. | |
think everything is important in this campaign. It is very close, so | :08:36. | :08:41. | |
billboards, posters, canvassing, the amount of stuff we'll get is | :08:42. | :08:48. | |
all-important, but it does look like social media is also important, and | :08:49. | :08:59. | |
that is free. Although spending has been hugely significant, in a | :09:00. | :09:03. | |
digital age, influencing voters in is no longer just as straightforward | :09:04. | :09:05. | |
as spending money. In the studio are two former leaders | :09:06. | :09:09. | |
of their parties For Better Together, | :09:10. | :09:12. | |
Liberal Democrat MP Charles Kennedy, and for Yes, the SNP's finance | :09:13. | :09:15. | |
secretary John Swinney. You have criticised the Better | :09:16. | :09:27. | |
Together Campaign for not being positive. If you lose on Friday, | :09:28. | :09:36. | |
could that be the reason? No. I will not get into what happens after the | :09:37. | :09:43. | |
ballot boxes are opened, but let's be clear about this. I said in a BBC | :09:44. | :09:52. | |
interview in the spring, we have had a lot of negative and searching | :09:53. | :09:56. | |
questions from my side of the argument, most of which I do not | :09:57. | :10:02. | |
think have been answered. There was a positive case as well, which is | :10:03. | :10:05. | |
what a lot of us have been doing as well. There are two sides to this | :10:06. | :10:11. | |
argument, for people watching at home to make their mind up about. | :10:12. | :10:16. | |
There is the aspirational side, the taking a chance, and then there is | :10:17. | :10:21. | |
the issue of it being a gamble. That is what we are down to now, and I | :10:22. | :10:26. | |
think you are right to close the constructive questions, whilst at | :10:27. | :10:29. | |
the same time emphasising their is a very positive case for the future of | :10:30. | :10:33. | |
Scotland within a reforming United Kingdom. Is there an argument that | :10:34. | :10:41. | |
the Better Together Campaign, as it stands, was fatally flawed from the | :10:42. | :10:44. | |
beginning, because you had so many unlikely bedfellows together who | :10:45. | :10:50. | |
could hardly ever work together unless there was a crisis. When you | :10:51. | :10:54. | |
are faced with the unity of the Yes campaign. Well, John can speak about | :10:55. | :11:02. | |
the perceived unity of his campaign, but it has looked a little bit | :11:03. | :11:05. | |
rocky. Jim Sillars has been saying different things to Alex Salmond, | :11:06. | :11:08. | |
and that happens when you have broadly based campaigns, that is not | :11:09. | :11:14. | |
something to be afraid. Have said to me, this person is not falling into | :11:15. | :11:23. | |
line, well, I take an old-fashioned view, I think big constitutional | :11:24. | :11:27. | |
issues, and they don't come much bigger than this, but right across | :11:28. | :11:32. | |
the spectrum of party politics, and there would be something wrong with | :11:33. | :11:35. | |
our body politic and our society if they did not. That is actually a | :11:36. | :11:40. | |
source of strength that you can have. A broad spectrum of views on | :11:41. | :11:47. | |
both sides of the argument. I think broader and more coherent as a | :11:48. | :11:51. | |
result, but that is reflective of Scotland as a whole. John Swinney. | :11:52. | :11:56. | |
This afternoon, another big players here, the insurance giants first | :11:57. | :12:08. | |
macro said that borrowing will go up. I presume you will accuse them | :12:09. | :12:13. | |
of scaremongering. The detail and the substance of credit ratings, | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
there is a very good story to tell about Scotland. These agencies have | :12:19. | :12:21. | |
looked to these questions and express an opinion. Many have said | :12:22. | :12:27. | |
that an independent Scotland, because of the insular and wealth of | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
Scotland and the capability of the population, Scotland would be a | :12:33. | :12:35. | |
population that would be eligible for the highest credit rated, and I | :12:36. | :12:39. | |
would add that we have also got a reputation in Scotland of operating | :12:40. | :12:43. | |
in a very organised fiscal framework. I balanced the law every | :12:44. | :12:49. | |
year in Scotland, and I have done it for seven years. People say you have | :12:50. | :12:55. | |
to do it by law, but just because we do it by law does not mean that it | :12:56. | :12:59. | |
is easy, and this proves that we can operate good, strong, orderly public | :13:00. | :13:04. | |
finances here in Scotland. This is a point which credit ratings -- credit | :13:05. | :13:12. | |
agencies would look at. So first macro is wrong? They have said that | :13:13. | :13:24. | |
independent Scotland would be eligible, because of the inhuman | :13:25. | :13:27. | |
financial strength of Scotland, to attract a very strong credit rating | :13:28. | :13:32. | |
as a consequence, and I think we have to look at all of the | :13:33. | :13:38. | |
information out there, I think people have to think about some of | :13:39. | :13:42. | |
the inhuman strength of Scotland. We are one of the wealthiest nations in | :13:43. | :13:46. | |
the world. We have contributed significantly to the world in terms | :13:47. | :13:51. | |
of innovation and invention over our development. We have a fabulous | :13:52. | :13:55. | |
education system, with more universities... But the money | :13:56. | :14:03. | |
markets don't like risk. There will always be risk. There will always be | :14:04. | :14:16. | |
questions rate -- raised in the money markets when there is a | :14:17. | :14:21. | |
question in the political system. They didn't like it when there | :14:22. | :14:25. | |
wasn't a conclusive end to the general election last time, and the | :14:26. | :14:31. | |
markets fell as a result. It was just an election, it wasn't | :14:32. | :14:34. | |
independence. We can look at the inhuman financial strength of | :14:35. | :14:36. | |
Scotland, the fact that we are one of the wealthiest nations in the | :14:37. | :14:41. | |
world, that we have run organised and responsible public finances, | :14:42. | :14:43. | |
that we have got very strong financial foundations as the | :14:44. | :14:47. | |
country, and make a judgement based on all of those factors about the | :14:48. | :14:51. | |
strength of an independent Scotland. Let's talk about some of those | :14:52. | :14:55. | |
financial factors. In 1999, there was a move by SNP called a penny for | :14:56. | :15:03. | |
Scotland, to add a penny to income tax. Now, you want independence, | :15:04. | :15:07. | |
because you want fiscal freedom. When that did not go down very well, | :15:08. | :15:12. | |
you backtracked, and you dumped it. How do we know you want to make | :15:13. | :15:15. | |
those hard decisions when you are in charge? We have set out for Scotland | :15:16. | :15:21. | |
to become an independent country, there is no need for there to be any | :15:22. | :15:26. | |
change in the taxation position of an independent Scotland. It is only | :15:27. | :15:29. | |
for an increase in tax as a consequence of Scotland becoming | :15:30. | :15:35. | |
independent, because our public than answers are strong and of a com | :15:36. | :15:39. | |
bubble level of the United Kingdom when Scotland becomes independent, | :15:40. | :15:47. | |
if there is a yes vote on Thursday. Obviously, an independent Scotland | :15:48. | :15:50. | |
is then free to take decisions about taxation, choices and policies, | :15:51. | :15:58. | |
based on the are elected. The SNP have set out the commitments that we | :15:59. | :16:01. | |
would make. We have set them out in the White Paper, we have set out how | :16:02. | :16:07. | |
we would James public finances, to lessen defence expenditure and more | :16:08. | :16:11. | |
on childcare, to ensure that we strengthen the economic abilities of | :16:12. | :16:21. | |
Scotland. So you are refuting that? I am saying there is no need for | :16:22. | :16:27. | |
Scotland to face increased taxation. Is this something you think is a | :16:28. | :16:30. | |
fair assessment, under the current budgetary plans? I think the key is | :16:31. | :16:46. | |
uncertainty. And the insert into one not end on Friday. | :16:47. | :16:52. | |
Independence Day is some 18 months away. All the issues we have been | :16:53. | :17:02. | |
debating over the last few months, all of those big issues will then go | :17:03. | :17:07. | |
into reality, not a debating sense,. | :17:08. | :17:14. | |
I think a democratic process, we have every right to it, and if that | :17:15. | :17:22. | |
causes queasiness, that is part of the price we pay as a free society. | :17:23. | :17:29. | |
But if we don't take the leap into the unknown, just wait and see what | :17:30. | :17:33. | |
happens in those currency markets and the international financial | :17:34. | :17:41. | |
decisions over the next 18 months. Exactly what happens after Friday, | :17:42. | :17:47. | |
let's assume there is a yes vote, the United Kingdom and Scottish | :17:48. | :17:49. | |
governments have committed themselves to work together in the | :17:50. | :17:55. | |
spirit of goodwill and cooperation to implement the outcome of the | :17:56. | :17:59. | |
referendum. I accept unreservedly if there is a no vote, the Scottish | :18:00. | :18:04. | |
government will work with that. There is no reason to suspect that | :18:05. | :18:08. | |
the British government will do anything other than work | :18:09. | :18:13. | |
collaboratively and cooperatively. We have set out what we think is a | :18:14. | :18:18. | |
reasonable timescale to move from the referendum to the implementation | :18:19. | :18:22. | |
of the independence arrangements. That gives a clarity to all external | :18:23. | :18:27. | |
stakeholders about how we would proceed through that whole process, | :18:28. | :18:34. | |
how we work together to establish an independent country and take a | :18:35. | :18:38. | |
responsible approach. And to implement the self-confident will of | :18:39. | :18:42. | |
the people of Scotland. Let's talk about the people of Scotland, what | :18:43. | :18:45. | |
do you think about the tone of the debate in recent days and weeks? Do | :18:46. | :18:50. | |
you think it has changed? There is an accusation that it has become | :18:51. | :18:56. | |
more divisive? It would never have happened in our day! We are the | :18:57. | :19:04. | |
civilised end of the spectrum. I actually think this has been a | :19:05. | :19:08. | |
fabulous debate for Scotland. But I am talking about the areas where it | :19:09. | :19:14. | |
has not been sought friendly, weather has been intimidation, from | :19:15. | :19:19. | |
both sides. I think there is bad behaviour on both sides on social | :19:20. | :19:26. | |
media. People commit to social media some things they would never have | :19:27. | :19:29. | |
the gall to say to someone's base and that is to be regretted. In | :19:30. | :19:34. | |
general, the debate has been a credit to the many, many hundreds of | :19:35. | :19:38. | |
thousands of individuals who have been involved in it. I saw something | :19:39. | :19:44. | |
in social media the other day which made you laugh. Glasgow taxi driver | :19:45. | :19:49. | |
was to somebody, it's months since someone asked me what football team | :19:50. | :19:54. | |
I support because everyone is talking about independence. That is | :19:55. | :19:58. | |
the engaged part which we should celebrate. Do you think there will | :19:59. | :20:04. | |
be lasting vision? That is part of the responsibility of leaders, not | :20:05. | :20:08. | |
just in politics, but further afield, what the result, to bring | :20:09. | :20:13. | |
about a process of reconciliation. By international standards, we do | :20:14. | :20:17. | |
not have too much to lose sleep about. But our standards are those | :20:18. | :20:23. | |
of a mature democracy and has been excess at times in this campaign. I | :20:24. | :20:35. | |
don't like it, for example, and I don't think it's a good idea ever in | :20:36. | :20:39. | |
life to shoot the messenger, or blame the messenger. And to start | :20:40. | :20:45. | |
having a demonstration, and I know it was a not an official part of the | :20:46. | :20:51. | |
yes campaign, but a spontaneous demonstration disagreeing with the | :20:52. | :20:55. | |
coverage, is not healthy or necessary. | :20:56. | :21:01. | |
Thank you very much. All referendum correspondent is in | :21:02. | :21:04. | |
the South West of Scotland, let's cross to her now. | :21:05. | :21:11. | |
We are here in Dumfries town centre. I have been out with the campaign is | :21:12. | :21:16. | |
already today. It is getting tense on the ground as people get close to | :21:17. | :21:22. | |
that polling day. With me is the chairman of the community radio | :21:23. | :21:26. | |
station. What are you hearing from people here? In this area, we have | :21:27. | :21:32. | |
quite a unique distinction because we are so close to the border. A lot | :21:33. | :21:37. | |
of people go down to Carlisle shopping, to go to the cinema as we | :21:38. | :21:42. | |
have a lot of interaction across the border. And we have got Gretna Green | :21:43. | :21:47. | |
right on the border. People are quite concerned in the Gretna | :21:48. | :21:51. | |
marriage industry because of the impact it may have on couples coming | :21:52. | :21:57. | |
north of the border to be married. However, the yes campaign does seem | :21:58. | :22:02. | |
to be gaining ground locally. There is a lot of talk going on in shops | :22:03. | :22:07. | |
and offices, building yards, just about everywhere. One of your day | :22:08. | :22:21. | |
jobs is as our pastor, what are you planning? We are looking towards | :22:22. | :22:24. | |
reconciliation after the vote. Most of the churches locally are, and | :22:25. | :22:28. | |
across the country as well. We recognise that there will be a lot | :22:29. | :22:34. | |
of people who will feel quite disappointed, or elated. And we have | :22:35. | :22:40. | |
to join the two sides together. We have to work together and build | :22:41. | :22:45. | |
towards a new Scotland, which over a direction that may be in. Thank you. | :22:46. | :22:50. | |
As I said earlier, it has become quite tense between the two | :22:51. | :22:54. | |
campaigns. In Dumfries, there has been a weekend of campaigning | :22:55. | :22:58. | |
including a visit from the first Minister. | :22:59. | :23:03. | |
Saturday morning, Dumfries high Street. Yes and zero stalls pitched | :23:04. | :23:11. | |
only yards apart. On this occasion pro independence supporters | :23:12. | :23:16. | |
outnumbered and outside their opponents. -- no stalls. I want | :23:17. | :23:29. | |
every single person in this great, historic tone to convert and | :23:30. | :23:33. | |
convince one more of our fellow citizens to take this opportunity of | :23:34. | :23:38. | |
a lifetime. But Better Together believe that silent majority here is | :23:39. | :23:43. | |
still with them. There is a strong no vote here. We need to be well | :23:44. | :23:47. | |
ahead in areas like this. It is a different picture being heated in | :23:48. | :23:51. | |
the central belt and up into Dundee and Aberdeen. -- being painted. | :23:52. | :23:59. | |
Dumfries and Galloway is scattered region still heavily dependent on | :24:00. | :24:04. | |
agriculture. This farmer runs a food retail and catering business. He | :24:05. | :24:12. | |
fears a yes vote on Thursday. It will be pressing the self-destruct | :24:13. | :24:20. | |
button. But this farmer takes the opposite view. It is the best chance | :24:21. | :24:26. | |
of making a success of a business, the success of our country, it is to | :24:27. | :24:31. | |
run its yourself. Have been a lot of scare tactics to suggest that cannot | :24:32. | :24:37. | |
be done, but it can be done. Both campaigns are employing every device | :24:38. | :24:40. | |
they can to get their message across. Including the creative arts. | :24:41. | :24:46. | |
Here on the border, Better Together are holding a music festival. | :24:47. | :25:02. | |
I think music is a powerful to to get across a political message. And | :25:03. | :25:11. | |
this message is Britain rocks. But Yes Scotland claim to have the | :25:12. | :25:16. | |
lion's share of the creative arts vote and in Dumfries, local | :25:17. | :25:19. | |
musicians and poets gathered to celebrate the input to the | :25:20. | :25:27. | |
independence campaign. Poetry, songs, it's not the art, it's the | :25:28. | :25:29. | |
message. We are here in Dumfries and we will | :25:30. | :25:41. | |
be back in just a few moments when we will be speaking to two activists | :25:42. | :25:44. | |
to see who thinks is ahead. You're watching Reporting Scotland | :25:45. | :25:56. | |
from the BBC. Still to come | :25:57. | :25:57. | |
on tonight's programme. How would an independent Scotland | :25:58. | :25:59. | |
deal with national security ranging from terrorism to international | :26:00. | :26:01. | |
cybercrime? We'll be looking at how a | :26:02. | :26:02. | |
London Theatre has been The Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond | :26:03. | :26:08. | |
has met foreign ministers from around the world to discuss | :26:09. | :26:16. | |
plans to tackle Islamic State The summit in Paris took place two | :26:17. | :26:18. | |
days after a video showing the death of aid worker David Haines, | :26:19. | :26:24. | |
who was brought up in Perth. The Prime Minister David Cameron has | :26:25. | :26:27. | |
said the UK will hunt Phones4U shops across Scotland | :26:28. | :26:30. | |
were closed today after the UK-wide The company is blaming | :26:31. | :26:39. | |
the mobile network EE's decision not to renew its contract, | :26:40. | :26:42. | |
which followed a similar decision Staff have been told that they'll | :26:43. | :26:44. | |
continue to be paid Proposals are being put forward | :26:45. | :26:48. | |
for a renewable energy research The Islands' council has confirmed | :26:49. | :26:53. | |
it is in the process of developing a business case for the town which | :26:54. | :26:57. | |
is already a centre for activity Scotland's landowners have unveiled | :26:58. | :27:01. | |
a new charter promising to be more The organisation | :27:02. | :27:07. | |
which largely represents estate owners hopes the code will underline | :27:08. | :27:10. | |
the positive contribution they make The owners of vast tracts of | :27:11. | :27:13. | |
Scotland can get bad press, wealthy curmudgeons who like nothing better | :27:14. | :27:26. | |
than to slaughter wildlife while The new landowners Charter | :27:27. | :27:28. | |
promotes openness and access with On this estate, the woodland has | :27:29. | :27:38. | |
been given over to community use. It is a way of showing we are open, | :27:39. | :27:46. | |
accessible, behaving correctly, managing the land in a good way and | :27:47. | :27:53. | |
not forgetting businesses as well As well as landowners, community | :27:54. | :27:56. | |
owners and charities that own land will sign up to the charter and | :27:57. | :28:06. | |
landowners say many of them are all ready reaching the standards that | :28:07. | :28:10. | |
are set out in the code of conduct. Not everyone is perfect and part | :28:11. | :28:16. | |
of the role of the guidelines and commitment is to give people | :28:17. | :28:20. | |
something to aspire to. It isn't about who owns it, | :28:21. | :28:25. | |
it is about delivery. Regardless of the referendum | :28:26. | :28:30. | |
outcome, new reform legislation They are keen to show they run | :28:31. | :28:31. | |
responsible businesses that are an economic and social keystone | :28:32. | :28:37. | |
of the rural landscape. Work to install controversial new | :28:38. | :28:45. | |
speed cameras on the A9 between Perth and Inverness is due | :28:46. | :28:47. | |
to be completed this week. The new system was introduced | :28:48. | :28:50. | |
by the Scottish Government amid concern about recurring fatal | :28:51. | :28:52. | |
accidents on the road. However, campaigners say speed | :28:53. | :28:54. | |
cameras are not the answer as they believe driver frustration | :28:55. | :28:59. | |
and risky overtaking manoeuvres are The completed system is expected to | :29:00. | :29:01. | |
become operational in late October A female polar bear is expected to | :29:02. | :29:08. | |
be brought to a Scottish zoo in the Highlands next spring as a mate | :29:09. | :29:12. | |
for one of the site's two males. 60 Army personnel have started work | :29:13. | :29:16. | |
on a new enclosure at the Highland Wildlife Park at Kincraig, | :29:17. | :29:20. | |
near Aviemore, for the female. The park's bears Walker and Arktos | :29:21. | :29:23. | |
share an enclosure. Arktos, the older of the two male, | :29:24. | :29:26. | |
is most likely to be the mate The Scots actor Angus Lennie | :29:27. | :29:29. | |
has died at the age of 84. The veteran of film, | :29:30. | :29:40. | |
tv and stage was probably best known for his role in Crossroads | :29:41. | :29:43. | |
as the chef Shuggie McFee and as Flying Officer Ives in the prisoner | :29:44. | :29:46. | |
of war movie, the Great Escape. Catriona Renton looks back | :29:47. | :29:49. | |
at his career. I know it must be small consolation, | :29:50. | :30:02. | |
but you have always got me. This was Angus Lennie, in his last | :30:03. | :30:12. | |
acting role in Monarch of the Glen. Ducks or battleships? Why don't you | :30:13. | :30:16. | |
choose? Angus Lennie was born in Glasgow in | :30:17. | :30:26. | |
1930. He played a huge range of roles across stage, television and | :30:27. | :30:30. | |
film. Perhaps his most famous performance was as Archibald the | :30:31. | :30:42. | |
mole Ives in the Great Escape. He was also well known for playing | :30:43. | :30:47. | |
Sheughie McFee, the chef in the soap Crossroads. It's nothing but a lot | :30:48. | :30:58. | |
of awful. They also made several appearances in Dr Who, including as | :30:59. | :31:06. | |
an innkeeper. I am the seventh son of a seventh son. The doctor looks | :31:07. | :31:13. | |
like a man who might see round a few corners himself. He frequently | :31:14. | :31:18. | |
returned to Scotland to appear in pantomime, often with his friend | :31:19. | :31:27. | |
Stanley Baxter. He died last night in a nursing home in London. | :31:28. | :31:32. | |
The Scottish Football Association is to decide whether there is enough | :31:33. | :31:36. | |
evidence to issue a complaint to the Celtic player Aleksandar Tonev. | :31:37. | :31:39. | |
Aberdeen's Shay Logan has alleged that Tonev racially abused him | :31:40. | :31:41. | |
Tonev denies such an incident took place. | :31:42. | :31:45. | |
The SFA is now examining the referee's report. | :31:46. | :31:48. | |
Scotland's head coach Anna Signeul says it would be | :31:49. | :31:56. | |
"enormous" for women's football in this country to reach the World Cup | :31:57. | :31:59. | |
The Scots are already guaranteed a play-off place, another first for | :32:00. | :32:03. | |
Now they've set their sights even higher | :32:04. | :32:09. | |
as they prepare to take on Sweden in their final qualifying match. | :32:10. | :32:11. | |
Our senior football reporter Alasdair Lamont has more. | :32:12. | :32:19. | |
The thrashing of the Faroe Islands it is Scotland a step closer to the | :32:20. | :32:27. | |
promised land, qualification for the World Cup in Canada is almost within | :32:28. | :32:32. | |
touching distance, with a play-off the very worst the Scots can | :32:33. | :32:37. | |
expect. Saturday's victory sets up a winner takes all much on Wednesday | :32:38. | :32:43. | |
with Sweden, the only team to have beaten Scotland in this campaign so | :32:44. | :32:47. | |
far. We know we have to win to top the group. I think a 31 when is what | :32:48. | :33:03. | |
we require. As emphatic a win as this was, the Nordic team will | :33:04. | :33:10. | |
provide a stiffer test for the Scots, but the prospect of reaching | :33:11. | :33:18. | |
the World Cup, has left their coach struggling defence is sufficient | :33:19. | :33:22. | |
superlatives. It would be so big I cant even tell. It will be | :33:23. | :33:26. | |
fantastic. It will be enormous for the country. Regardless of the | :33:27. | :33:31. | |
outcome on Wednesday, there is a buoyancy about the Scotland squad. | :33:32. | :33:35. | |
The potential play-off against higher ranks teams like Italy or the | :33:36. | :33:37. | |
Netherlands this year shows no fear. Scottish Cricket have announced | :33:38. | :33:41. | |
the squad to travel to Australia and New Zealand later this month | :33:42. | :33:43. | |
as part of their preparations Preston Mommsen is set to | :33:44. | :33:46. | |
skipper the tour squad. Scotland head coach Grant Bradburn | :33:47. | :33:50. | |
will announce the captain for the World Cup proper when the | :33:51. | :33:53. | |
squad is revealed and he believes he It was a disappointing shooting | :33:54. | :33:56. | |
World Championship for Scotland's most successful female | :33:57. | :34:03. | |
Commonwealth Games athlete. Jen McIntosh failed to make | :34:04. | :34:07. | |
the final in any of her 3 events. Her best result was 18th | :34:08. | :34:11. | |
in the 10m air rifle. She now looks forward to a break, | :34:12. | :34:13. | |
and gave us her own end I managed to play six lays at the | :34:14. | :34:26. | |
World Cup and then winning two medals at the Connaught games as | :34:27. | :34:30. | |
well, so it has been a decent summer. I am going to have a break | :34:31. | :34:36. | |
now perhaps until the New Year. I'm getting married in December, so I | :34:37. | :34:40. | |
need to get that out of the way, and then try to get to the real | :34:41. | :34:41. | |
Olympics. -- the real Olympics. One of shinty's greatest ever | :34:42. | :34:46. | |
players says he now wants to help Ronald Ross announced his retirement | :34:47. | :34:49. | |
after helping Kingussie win And after more than 20 years | :34:50. | :34:52. | |
re-writing the record books some are now calling for Ross to be inducted | :34:53. | :34:57. | |
in Scottish sport's Hall of Fame. The celebrations were continuing | :34:58. | :35:14. | |
today for one of the sport's greatest champions. You dream of | :35:15. | :35:28. | |
lifting this cup, but to win at 12 times and everything, I didn't think | :35:29. | :35:37. | |
it was and usable. -- achievable. He goals to his record-breaking hole. | :35:38. | :35:41. | |
He is the only player to have scored more than 1000 calls, and his many | :35:42. | :35:48. | |
wins have earned him the man of the match award a record four times. He | :35:49. | :35:56. | |
wishes his skill could be recognised by a wider audience. I think he | :35:57. | :36:00. | |
should be in the National Hall of Fame. There are very few sports in | :36:01. | :36:05. | |
the world who could have their national team manager still | :36:06. | :36:08. | |
dominating the national championships. But Ross says he | :36:09. | :36:13. | |
isn't quite turning his back on the sport. It is a local community, and | :36:14. | :36:22. | |
is good to help youngsters who look up to me, and hopefully I can give | :36:23. | :36:25. | |
something back to these young boys who are aspiring to get to the top | :36:26. | :36:32. | |
of the game. Ronaldo has plenty of winning memories to remind him of | :36:33. | :36:37. | |
one of the great careers ever. Well done to him. | :36:38. | :36:40. | |
September has been kind so far. A few well favoured spot in the North. | :36:41. | :36:59. | |
Elsewhere, we have been influenced by this feature pushing in from the | :37:00. | :37:03. | |
east, bringing cloud and outbreaks of rain, and through tonight, that | :37:04. | :37:07. | |
rain will become a bit more widespread as it pushes west, more | :37:08. | :37:12. | |
persistent, some heavy pulses for Aberdeenshire and the Northern | :37:13. | :37:17. | |
Isles. This will Paul away eastwards, but behind it still quite | :37:18. | :37:22. | |
a legacy of mist and cloud and still some drizzle hanging on by morning. | :37:23. | :37:25. | |
Certainly not a cold night, temperatures holding up at 12 | :37:26. | :37:30. | |
Celsius to 14 Celsius for most of us. For tomorrow, it is a grey and | :37:31. | :37:34. | |
misty start, still with some outbreaks of drizzle, which will die | :37:35. | :37:39. | |
out pretty quickly, and for the most part, it is an improving story for | :37:40. | :37:44. | |
most. The sun coming out across Dumfries and Galloway and the | :37:45. | :37:48. | |
Central Belt. One or two showers, over the hills. You will be lucky to | :37:49. | :37:55. | |
catch one. Temperatures responding in the sunshine. 18 Celsius or | :37:56. | :37:59. | |
perhaps 20 Celsius. Lingering mist towards the east coast, lending a | :38:00. | :38:04. | |
caller he'll do things for Fife and Angus and the Aberdeenshire coast. | :38:05. | :38:10. | |
That heavy rain never too far away from the Northern Isles. For the | :38:11. | :38:13. | |
rest of the afternoon towards evening, those showers die away, and | :38:14. | :38:18. | |
it is really just Orkney and Shetland holding onto that rain. | :38:19. | :38:22. | |
Elsewhere, it is dried but turning quite misty tomorrow night. Heading | :38:23. | :38:27. | |
into Wednesday, and we pick up more of an easterly airflow, which will | :38:28. | :38:31. | |
lend and East West split to the weather. A fair bit of cloud for | :38:32. | :38:38. | |
East Scotland. The best of the sunshine in the West. Temperatures | :38:39. | :38:41. | |
into the high teens, and by Thursday we will be dry again. Rain clearing | :38:42. | :38:46. | |
from the Northern Isles. The best of the sunshine in the West. Back to | :38:47. | :38:56. | |
another crucial area of current concern. | :38:57. | :38:57. | |
Threats to Scotland's national security are currently shared | :38:58. | :38:59. | |
It is a matter reserved to Westminster. | :39:00. | :39:02. | |
So in the event of a yes vote, this would become the responsibility | :39:03. | :39:05. | |
of an independent Scottish government which would have to deal | :39:06. | :39:08. | |
National security includes covert intelligence, analysing intercepted | :39:09. | :39:11. | |
communications, tackling serious and organised crime | :39:12. | :39:13. | |
Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Reevel Alderson asks: | :39:14. | :39:15. | |
what would an independent Scotland's national security be like? | :39:16. | :39:17. | |
For sale. Part of Scotland's defence system in the cold war. Here, was a | :39:18. | :39:27. | |
part of the chain in radar protection. It is now decommissioned | :39:28. | :39:32. | |
and disconnected from the temperatures which fed information | :39:33. | :39:37. | |
to the MOD, but it remains a symbol of the intelligence gathering | :39:38. | :39:41. | |
capabilities of the UK. Scotland is currently protected by the UK's | :39:42. | :39:46. | |
defence, security and intelligence agencies. The UK Government spends | :39:47. | :39:51. | |
around ?33 billion every year on defence, with an additional ?2 | :39:52. | :39:55. | |
billion every year in the security service budget. By contrast, the | :39:56. | :39:59. | |
Scottish Government says it will spend ?2.5 billion on defence and | :40:00. | :40:06. | |
security services, but yes campaigners say they won't have too | :40:07. | :40:11. | |
big for the ?2.4 billion annual running costs of the Trident nuclear | :40:12. | :40:17. | |
submarine programme. Some observers say the Scottish Government has | :40:18. | :40:24. | |
broad brush proposals, which lack specific details about how their | :40:25. | :40:28. | |
independent nation would be protected. I don't think anyone | :40:29. | :40:33. | |
would dispute that it could be set up, and independent security | :40:34. | :40:38. | |
apparatus. The question is how effective it would be, and how | :40:39. | :40:41. | |
effective the continuing levels of protection would be against what we | :40:42. | :40:47. | |
have been used to, and what we enjoy at the moment. But supporters of | :40:48. | :40:51. | |
independence say it is entirely feasible for the current level of | :40:52. | :40:56. | |
security to be continued. These skills are already here. I have | :40:57. | :40:59. | |
worked closely with Intel and as police and security services and the | :41:00. | :41:04. | |
cyber experts, and we have all of that here in Scotland. The threat | :41:05. | :41:12. | |
level will be lower. Nuclear weapons would be an issue, and we want | :41:13. | :41:19. | |
people disobedience in illegal wars. -- we will not be participating in | :41:20. | :41:25. | |
illegal wars. The former head of Strathclyde Police says that the | :41:26. | :41:29. | |
cooperation which once existed between Scottish and English forces | :41:30. | :41:34. | |
would continue after independence. Terrorism is a global problem. A key | :41:35. | :41:38. | |
part of it is global cooperation. I think you can overplay the part of | :41:39. | :41:43. | |
the United Kingdom in that. They are just a contributor, and similarly we | :41:44. | :41:49. | |
will be a contributor, a Shearer and a beneficiary of that global | :41:50. | :41:54. | |
indulgence. But he growing concern is the threat of cyber espionage, | :41:55. | :41:58. | |
spying on Scottish innovation and technology, and this could pose a | :41:59. | :42:03. | |
direct threat to jobs and economic prosperity. Scotland would be | :42:04. | :42:08. | |
certainly disadvantaged, as compared to the current levels of protection | :42:09. | :42:17. | |
we get from the United Kingdom. And backed up by the high end | :42:18. | :42:26. | |
technological cyber security pro West of the GCHQ. The Scottish | :42:27. | :42:32. | |
Government says it is already benefiting from the UK cyber | :42:33. | :42:37. | |
intelligence programme, which is due to end next year. Its overall | :42:38. | :42:41. | |
strategy would be to work with its closest neighbour, the rest of the | :42:42. | :42:42. | |
UK. Back out and about again. We returned to Laura who is in the | :42:43. | :42:54. | |
breeze. This race has become too close to call for many journalists, | :42:55. | :42:59. | |
and that is far three main reasons. We don't know the effect of the | :43:00. | :43:02. | |
missing millions, people who don't usually vote, how many will turn out | :43:03. | :43:07. | |
to vote, and what they will vote. Then there are the Labour voters. | :43:08. | :43:11. | |
How many have been persuaded to vote yes. Then there are the shy no | :43:12. | :43:16. | |
voters. These are people who are saying they don't know how their | :43:17. | :43:24. | |
footing, but may be voting no. Today, I was out with both | :43:25. | :43:31. | |
campaigns. This is the final push. The last few doors to knock, with | :43:32. | :43:45. | |
the finish line in sight. Still, there are some voters to be swayed. | :43:46. | :43:52. | |
I have been reading this, and I think, I am quite happy with the way | :43:53. | :43:57. | |
things are. The contest here is usually between the Conservatives | :43:58. | :44:00. | |
and Labour. Now, it is more difficult to tell what will happen. | :44:01. | :44:06. | |
On the doorsteps, people want change, and this group, United with | :44:07. | :44:11. | |
Labour, say their party will offer them just that. We have very strong | :44:12. | :44:16. | |
links here with Carlisle, and the possibilities of further connection | :44:17. | :44:25. | |
with our nearest city would be a good thing. This is the problem is: | :44:26. | :44:29. | |
Goes independent. We would be cut off from Carlisle. In the town | :44:30. | :44:41. | |
centre, the Yes campaign have set up camp. Supporters are urged to | :44:42. | :44:47. | |
compose a message of hope. Do you think an independent Scotland could | :44:48. | :44:52. | |
deliver all of this? We are being told it is not a magic wand, but I | :44:53. | :44:56. | |
think we can aspire to all of this, and if we only get half of it, how | :44:57. | :45:03. | |
much better would we be off? Equally, they describe the kind of | :45:04. | :45:07. | |
Scotland they would like to see. It has won over this former | :45:08. | :45:13. | |
Conservative candidate. I would do anything to try to get a vote. So | :45:14. | :45:19. | |
what difference does it make, being so close to England? The border | :45:20. | :45:25. | |
doesn't divide people. It is a border between political systems. On | :45:26. | :45:29. | |
this side, we want to look after people and build a fairer society, | :45:30. | :45:33. | |
and we want all the powers to do that. It doesn't divide us from our | :45:34. | :45:37. | |
friends and neighbours on the other side of the border. It is not | :45:38. | :45:41. | |
between people, it is between political systems and ideologies. | :45:42. | :45:44. | |
Although there are signs of the yes support throughout the town, the | :45:45. | :45:48. | |
battle here is not expected to be as close here as elsewhere in Scotland. | :45:49. | :45:52. | |
But if there is one thing we do know about this referendum, is -- it is | :45:53. | :45:58. | |
that nothing can be taken for granted. Let's be to two activists. | :45:59. | :46:05. | |
I will start with you, Steve. You have three days, how will you | :46:06. | :46:09. | |
convince people? We will be out on the streets and in the workplaces. | :46:10. | :46:12. | |
We will be convincing people with the message that people are actually | :46:13. | :46:18. | |
waking up to the idea that Scotland is better off in the hands of | :46:19. | :46:22. | |
Scotland. Why would we vote for anything else? A few look at what is | :46:23. | :46:26. | |
happening in Westminster. The attack in Scotland last week through the | :46:27. | :46:29. | |
media, and people are beginning to turn off from that. I think there is | :46:30. | :46:33. | |
nothing more that they can do. There is a lot of distrust with most | :46:34. | :46:40. | |
Westminster, and the other thing is the democracy angle. It is about | :46:41. | :46:44. | |
people understanding that with 59 MPs in London, with only one | :46:45. | :46:49. | |
conservative, we are dictated to by a government that we did not elect, | :46:50. | :46:52. | |
and that has been the case for decades. You have just heard that | :46:53. | :47:11. | |
scare tactics, people are moving towards yes? What I have found out | :47:12. | :47:18. | |
is the message we have in giving, of our strong Scotland been part of the | :47:19. | :47:23. | |
United Kingdom, over the last few weeks, the risks of independence are | :47:24. | :47:28. | |
becoming real. People are asking about what currency they will be | :47:29. | :47:32. | |
paid in, but the cost of living increase? Our public services going | :47:33. | :47:44. | |
to be cut? What we are seeing is that we do not need to take risks. | :47:45. | :47:48. | |
These are real risks, so bring risks. To dismiss them as | :47:49. | :47:55. | |
scaremongering, I think means that people do not understand the gravity | :47:56. | :48:00. | |
of choice. We are making a case for a stronger Scottish Parliament | :48:01. | :48:05. | |
within the safety of the United Kingdom. Is it a risk? I disagree. | :48:06. | :48:12. | |
We are wealthy nation. We are already wealthier than the rest of | :48:13. | :48:16. | |
the UK anyway. Small countries are very successful in the world. If you | :48:17. | :48:21. | |
look at the top ten, there are only two large countries in that, the | :48:22. | :48:26. | |
rest are small countries of a similar size to Scotland. This is a | :48:27. | :48:31. | |
fantastic opportunity. We pull our realising it is a once-in-a-lifetime | :48:32. | :48:37. | |
opportunity. One thing we saw here in the town centre is the message of | :48:38. | :48:44. | |
hope, and that message of hope might be resonating with people on the | :48:45. | :48:48. | |
doorstep? It is all very well to talk about hope, but it seems that | :48:49. | :48:57. | |
they know more about international institutions who are pointing out | :48:58. | :49:04. | |
serious problems with a yes vote. Three days to go, the yes campaign | :49:05. | :49:12. | |
and we still do not know what currency will be using, we do not | :49:13. | :49:17. | |
know if jobs be locate, we do not know whether GDP growth is going to | :49:18. | :49:22. | |
come from, where this flourishing is going to come from. We are being | :49:23. | :49:26. | |
asked to make this decision on a wing and a prayer. This is an | :49:27. | :49:29. | |
important decision, there is no going back. Ten seconds each. Do you | :49:30. | :49:42. | |
want uncertainty with control, or uncertainty with no controls, that | :49:43. | :49:46. | |
is what you will get with Westminster. We cannot control what | :49:47. | :49:51. | |
happens down there. We want a strong Scotland, we want what is best for | :49:52. | :49:54. | |
Scotland, more powers for the Scottish Parliament and the best way | :49:55. | :50:01. | |
to ensure that the negative consequences... Ten seconds. As you | :50:02. | :50:07. | |
can hear, two opposing views here on the ground. | :50:08. | :50:12. | |
Well aged eight it. Where will you be tomorrow? | :50:13. | :50:18. | |
We are going to be in Glasgow tomorrow, the last of the BBC | :50:19. | :50:22. | |
debates. I will be helping with the Radio 1 debate which will be live. | :50:23. | :50:29. | |
Thank you very much. We will see you then. | :50:30. | :50:33. | |
Several Scottish theatres are staging seasons of work | :50:34. | :50:35. | |
The Traverse in Edinburgh and the Arches in Glasgow have | :50:36. | :50:40. | |
But one London theatre is also staging a season of its own, giving | :50:41. | :50:45. | |
the city's large community of Scots actors a chance to have their say. | :50:46. | :50:48. | |
Our arts correspondent Pauline McLean reports. | :50:49. | :50:54. | |
This is one of many pub theatres in London. | :50:55. | :50:58. | |
Perhaps the only one tackling the referendum head-on. | :50:59. | :51:03. | |
It is a satire set after the union when language, Scots | :51:04. | :51:06. | |
This theatre stages work in Scots and Gaelic. | :51:07. | :51:25. | |
I know you have heard of nothing else in years but down here there | :51:26. | :51:29. | |
has been almost, not nothing about it but very little and my problem | :51:30. | :51:36. | |
getting press features before this season started was people were not | :51:37. | :51:38. | |
Many Scots actors who live and work in London now find | :51:39. | :51:46. | |
You get asked by everyone, what you think about the referendum? | :51:47. | :51:54. | |
A normal conversation and every person asks about it. | :51:55. | :51:58. | |
If they are not Scottish, they ask you, working behind the bar and | :51:59. | :52:03. | |
For those who have no vote, and no say in the decision, the season is | :52:04. | :52:17. | |
I think it is important, I am Scottish, a Scottish actress and | :52:18. | :52:25. | |
this is one of the most important decisions Scotland must make. | :52:26. | :52:29. | |
I want to be counted and say this is who we are | :52:30. | :52:33. | |
and this is our nation and here I am in London being able to do it. | :52:34. | :52:37. | |
Like many theatres, they will stage a show on referendum night and | :52:38. | :52:42. | |
And details of what is coming up on Scotland 2014. | :52:43. | :52:58. | |
As both sides indulge in some frenetic last-minute campaigning, we | :52:59. | :53:06. | |
will bring new analysis of the day's events and look ahead to what | :53:07. | :53:12. | |
you can expect. Join me at ten o'clock on BBC Two tonight. | :53:13. | :53:17. | |
Our political editor joins us again now. You have got some | :53:18. | :53:22. | |
developments? A couple of things moving. This debate is always moving | :53:23. | :53:32. | |
forward. There was the statement by Aviva, concerns about the impact on | :53:33. | :53:38. | |
the economy and public spending. That has been seized on by the | :53:39. | :53:47. | |
Better Together campaign. Blair Jenkins, Chief Executive of the Yes | :53:48. | :53:51. | |
Scotland campaign, commented on David Cameron's speech. Empty | :53:52. | :53:56. | |
threats and empty promises from the Prime Minister who he accuses of | :53:57. | :54:00. | |
orchestrating the very business concerns that are being | :54:01. | :54:07. | |
represented... But the CDs are legitimate concerns raised by the | :54:08. | :54:14. | |
Business sector. The response is a negative attack on the other's | :54:15. | :54:18. | |
position. What about strategy for the next two | :54:19. | :54:22. | |
days? I think there will be modelled this concern and anxiety raised on | :54:23. | :54:26. | |
both sides. I am sure that both sides will seek to project a | :54:27. | :54:30. | |
positive image. The independence can be will try to project the | :54:31. | :54:35. | |
advantage, as they see it, a distinct Scotland, distinct state. | :54:36. | :54:38. | |
The Better Together campaign believe that they have to do more than | :54:39. | :54:43. | |
projecting that offer of more power. We will have these competing visions | :54:44. | :54:47. | |
placed before the people of Scotland who will have to make up their mind | :54:48. | :54:52. | |
and shoes on Thursday. Thank you very much. That is reporting | :54:53. | :54:57. | |
Scotland. The first Minister Alex Salmond and Better Together's | :54:58. | :55:00. | |
Alistair Darling will be in the | :55:01. | :55:01. |