:00:00. > :00:00.champions his legacy hangs in the balance. Dan Rowan,
:00:00. > :00:09.On Election Reporting Scotland tonight:
:00:10. > :00:12.Going head to head just over a week before polling day,
:00:13. > :00:15.And the Scottish Lib Dems launch their manifesto,
:00:16. > :00:45.Just over a week to go until polling day and one of the biggest debates
:00:46. > :00:49.of the election campaign has just taken place.
:00:50. > :00:52.Theresa May refused to take part in the BBC debate,
:00:53. > :00:54.but Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn did decide to take part,
:00:55. > :00:56.announcing his decision earlier today.
:00:57. > :00:58.Lets go live to Cambridge and our Political Correspondent
:00:59. > :01:14.That's right. Good evening from the Senate house here in Cambridge where
:01:15. > :01:19.the debate has taken place just over an hour ago. 19 minutes of
:01:20. > :01:22.discussion in which the dynamics of the debate changed when Jeremy
:01:23. > :01:27.Corbyn announced at lunchtime today that he would, after all, take part
:01:28. > :01:31.in today's debate. Theresa May made it plain that she would not come,
:01:32. > :01:38.despite the fact that Jeremy Corbyn decided he would attend the debate.
:01:39. > :01:43.It meant that at times it was six against one, the opposition parties
:01:44. > :01:46.against the Conservatives, and making great play as to why Theresa
:01:47. > :01:55.May was not here. As you say, no Nicola Sturgeon either. The SNP was
:01:56. > :02:00.represented by Angus Robertson. Officials say he is the man that has
:02:01. > :02:03.been at Westminster and is used to dealing with the Westminster
:02:04. > :02:08.situation, and is used to challenging Westminster politicians.
:02:09. > :02:15.If Theresa May had decided to turn up, the SNP would have had a hard
:02:16. > :02:19.thing, and the possibility that Nicola Sturgeon would have taken
:02:20. > :02:23.part in tonight's debate. That did not happen. It was one of those
:02:24. > :02:26.debates where all of them will be quite happy with the way things
:02:27. > :02:31.went. They were able to get across the key points they wanted. There
:02:32. > :02:36.was no gaffe from any of the seven politicians, to cause problems, and
:02:37. > :02:39.with a week ago, they also to perhaps win over some of the
:02:40. > :02:41.undecided voters. It was fairly heated
:02:42. > :02:42.at moments, particularly on
:02:43. > :02:52.the subject of immigration? It was a very passionate 90 minutes.
:02:53. > :02:56.It was noisy, it was shouting at times. It seemed as though it was
:02:57. > :03:02.hard to control the politicians, because they were going at it hammer
:03:03. > :03:07.and tongs on a range of issues. But as you mentioned, immigration proved
:03:08. > :03:12.to be quite a passionate issue. In the Scottish context, no one seemed
:03:13. > :03:15.to disagree as far as Scotland was concerned, immigration and the
:03:16. > :03:20.number of people coming to Scotland were a problem. The argument was
:03:21. > :03:24.very much the reverse, that Scotland had been losing its population. It
:03:25. > :03:27.was said that immigration was not a problem in Scotland. The problem
:03:28. > :03:33.with Scotland was emigration. In other parts of the UK, a slightly
:03:34. > :03:36.different view on that one. Of all the subjects discussed tonight,
:03:37. > :03:41.social care, security matters, Brexit, immigration was one of the
:03:42. > :03:46.topics that raised the temperature. David, thank you so much.
:03:47. > :03:49.Now, the Scottish Lib Dems have launched their manifesto today,
:03:50. > :03:51.with leader Willie Rennie telling BBC Scotland that his party
:03:52. > :03:53.is set to make "great progress" in the election.
:03:54. > :04:00.Here's our political editor Brian Taylor.
:04:01. > :04:05.Scotland's capital, reefs in sunshine as if it weren't tough
:04:06. > :04:09.enough already to get people to focus on politics. But easing
:04:10. > :04:14.through the lunchtime crowds, Willie Rennie thinks he has found the
:04:15. > :04:19.formula. Picking apart his party's logo, he says the final Brexit deal
:04:20. > :04:26.must be put to another referendum. The option of staying in the EU. Is
:04:27. > :04:31.there another bit? But a second referendum on Scottish independence,
:04:32. > :04:36.it's a bird that won't fly. The SNP need to focus on the day job. That's
:04:37. > :04:39.why the Liberal Democrats are saying clearly, we are against a second
:04:40. > :04:50.divisive independence referendum, 4- stop. The
:04:51. > :04:58.MPs can't alter income tax, because that is devolved. Among other
:04:59. > :05:01.things, the Lib Dems would end the 1% pay cap, affecting public-sector
:05:02. > :05:08.employees. They would keep the triple lock on pensions, and provide
:05:09. > :05:14.guarantees to EU residents already in Scotland. Largely aimed at
:05:15. > :05:20.helping the universities. Post-oil, they would help the north-east
:05:21. > :05:23.economy to diversify. They paint a picture of a struggling economy,
:05:24. > :05:26.promising to boost growth, while eliminating the day-to-day deficit
:05:27. > :05:30.by 2020. They say they will make a positive case for immigration, but
:05:31. > :05:38.can they gain ground in Scotland? Lib Dems, it is a direct contest
:05:39. > :05:44.between us and the SNP. I know we are going to make great progress and
:05:45. > :05:46.grow in the election, because we are crucial to stopping that second
:05:47. > :05:52.divisive independence referendum before it even starts. But of
:05:53. > :05:55.course, the UK wide elections are fought street by street. Liberal
:05:56. > :05:56.Democrats hope that pavement politics will work for them once
:05:57. > :06:00.more. we've got the former
:06:01. > :06:06.Scottish Lib Dem policy convenor, Siobhan Mathers, Angela Haggerty,
:06:07. > :06:11.the editor of Common Space website; and the Political Editor
:06:12. > :06:20.of the Daily Record, David Clegg, Good evening to you all. Let's start
:06:21. > :06:24.off with the debate, because it is fresh this evening. What did you
:06:25. > :06:29.make of it, was it an easier watch than the ITV debate? At parts, the
:06:30. > :06:33.politicians were remarkably well-behaved. Something got the
:06:34. > :06:38.passions running, and it went back to talking over each other. But it
:06:39. > :06:41.was interesting, if you take away from it. Theresa May didn't come out
:06:42. > :06:47.of it looking very well. There was a question at the end about what each
:06:48. > :06:50.leader had in leadership qualities that should make them the Prime
:06:51. > :06:55.Minister. Of course, everybody took the opportunity to have a go at
:06:56. > :07:02.Theresa May for not turning up. That went on for minutes. Jeremy Corbyn,
:07:03. > :07:05.I think, it was a bit risky for him to turn up at the last minute,
:07:06. > :07:09.because there was a risk that the other party leaders might round up
:07:10. > :07:13.on him, but I think he dealt with that as well as he could have done.
:07:14. > :07:17.And I think, again, he seems to have, judging by social media at
:07:18. > :07:21.this stage, it seems to have gone down quite well. Another you got
:07:22. > :07:27.Paul has come out tonight, and it is putting the difference between the
:07:28. > :07:32.Tories and Labour at three points. The Jeremy Corbyn effect is what we
:07:33. > :07:38.are talking about, and we expect to be talking about Angus Robertson for
:07:39. > :07:41.the SNP. He is always competent and delivers well. Whether he will have
:07:42. > :07:47.the same impact as Nicola Sturgeon, I'm not quite sure. Sherborne, what
:07:48. > :07:51.did you make of Jeremy Corbyn's performance, given that it was a
:07:52. > :07:55.last-minute decision to join the debate? Jeremy Corbyn looks like he
:07:56. > :07:59.is having fun in this campaign. He is warming up, he has nothing to
:08:00. > :08:05.lose. He is entering into the spirit of it. That is really showing. The
:08:06. > :08:10.fact he is there, making an effort, it was basically him saying, "Where
:08:11. > :08:14.is Theresa May?" That went down very well, and it looked like he was
:08:15. > :08:19.enjoying it. It wasn't perfect, but not bad. David Clay, how much was
:08:20. > :08:25.Theresa May's absence and issue? It was referred to. It absolutely was.
:08:26. > :08:28.The most memorable moment of the debate didn't take place during the
:08:29. > :08:32.debate, it happened earlier when Theresa May was asked in an
:08:33. > :08:35.interview about it, and gave a pathetic answer about why she wasn't
:08:36. > :08:40.there because she was concentrating on Brexit. I think it undermined
:08:41. > :08:47.what is, after all, the central message of the Conservative
:08:48. > :08:51.campaign. Theresa May was not strong and stable enough to turn up at a TV
:08:52. > :08:55.debate. Jeremy Corbyn made the right position to capitalise on that. He
:08:56. > :09:03.has had the momentum in the last few days, the polls are narrowing will
:09:04. > :09:07.to turn up and take that home, the one disappointing thing for him may
:09:08. > :09:12.be, once he got onto the debate, he didn't make that much hay regarding
:09:13. > :09:16.Theresa May being there. I think it was Angus Robertson that made more
:09:17. > :09:21.of that. That go to the other story today, the Scottish Lib Dems
:09:22. > :09:25.launching their manifesto. They, like the UK wide party, would put a
:09:26. > :09:29.penny on income tax. Here, that would be used for mental health and
:09:30. > :09:35.education. Down south, it will beat NHS and social care, why the
:09:36. > :09:38.difference? The Lib Dems have always had the capacity to make policy
:09:39. > :09:44.separately, and we are quite proud of that. It is where the greatest
:09:45. > :09:49.need is. Up in Scotland, the priorities we have our education, it
:09:50. > :09:53.is dropping down the rankings. That is what we hear on the doorsteps.
:09:54. > :09:57.And mental health is shocking. There is a real opportunity to make a
:09:58. > :10:03.difference in Scotland. So that is why. What did you make of the
:10:04. > :10:05.Scottish Lib Dem manifesto? Actually, I was quite surprised
:10:06. > :10:12.about how it really struggle to break through. Again, judging by
:10:13. > :10:16.social media, at manifesto launches, they picked up traction, and I saw a
:10:17. > :10:22.bit more about the Scottish Ukip manifesto launch, than the Scottish
:10:23. > :10:25.Lib Dem one. It reflects how the Lib Dems, much like Scottish Labour, are
:10:26. > :10:31.struggling still to find where they fit within the constitutional
:10:32. > :10:34.debate, and that is the thing dominating the general election in
:10:35. > :10:39.Scotland. It is tricky for Willie Rennie as well, because he is
:10:40. > :10:44.backing this manifesto, and a referendum on Brexit terms, but they
:10:45. > :10:47.are mentally opposed to a second Scottish independence referendum. It
:10:48. > :10:50.is a conflict for the Lib Dems that they will have to keep explaining.
:10:51. > :10:55.Willie Rennie will find it quite tricky. Onto the Ukip manifesto,
:10:56. > :11:02.which was also launched today in Scotland, what did you make of... It
:11:03. > :11:06.was 32 pages, it was number light, if you like, if you give and policy
:11:07. > :11:13.things, but what now, post Brexit, can Ukip offer? Ukip are offering
:11:14. > :11:17.almost nothing across the UK, even more heightened in Scotland where
:11:18. > :11:21.they are hamstrung by a leader that is effectively a joke to Angela may
:11:22. > :11:25.have seen a lot about the Ukip manifesto being launched on Twitter
:11:26. > :11:29.today, but almost all of it will have been mockery. It has not been
:11:30. > :11:35.taken seriously by anyone except for the three people who launched it, I
:11:36. > :11:39.think. There is really no chance of any Ukip breakthrough. Everybody
:11:40. > :11:42.knows they are entirely irrelevant to the political debate here, and I
:11:43. > :11:45.don't think it will be going anywhere. OK. Thank you, all, for
:11:46. > :11:48.joining us this evening. More from the campaign
:11:49. > :11:49.trail coming up. But first, Anne Lundon has
:11:50. > :11:54.the rest of today's news. The Scottish child abuse inquiry has
:11:55. > :11:59.heard a succession of apologies, from a variety of organisations,
:12:00. > :12:02.that provided residential care. Our reporter Morag Kinniburgh
:12:03. > :12:05.was there as the public hearing phase of the investigation
:12:06. > :12:15.got underway. in memory of victims of child abuse
:12:16. > :12:23.who have died. Survivors want justice and action to protect
:12:24. > :12:27.children now. I was ignored in 1998. Over the years, I met and heard of
:12:28. > :12:35.many survivors who were the same. Once have changed. Scotland's
:12:36. > :12:39.changed. Child abuse has changed. Reporting and recognising child
:12:40. > :12:44.abuse has changed. I welcome you to the first day of phase one of our
:12:45. > :12:47.public hearings. The enquiry has suffered a series of resignations
:12:48. > :12:52.and criticism on the scope of its remit. Many children in Scotland
:12:53. > :12:59.have, over the years, been abused whilst in residential care. They
:13:00. > :13:03.suffered some terrible treatment, inflicted by those to whom their
:13:04. > :13:10.care was entrusted. That is a matter of grave concern. So far, 69
:13:11. > :13:14.institutions here have been investigated, from private boarding
:13:15. > :13:18.schools and hospitals, to counsel, church and charity care homes. It is
:13:19. > :13:24.thought thousands suffered abuse as well as neglect by those who were
:13:25. > :13:27.meant to be looking after them. In the first public hearings, churches
:13:28. > :13:30.and charities said sorry to children abused in their care. The Catholic
:13:31. > :13:34.community in Scotland has an overwhelming sense of shame that
:13:35. > :13:38.these abhorrent crimes occurred in the context of the church. And we
:13:39. > :13:45.are doing our utmost to ensure these things cart occur again. Kate Waugh
:13:46. > :13:49.seven when she was taken from Glasgow to Northern Ireland and was
:13:50. > :13:58.abused. She has come back to testify. Most people have got a
:13:59. > :14:04.right to justice. They need to have their voice heard. Don't be
:14:05. > :14:08.frightened to come forward because it's a great feeling afterwards, the
:14:09. > :14:11.feeling of peace within. Survivors are due to give evidence in the
:14:12. > :14:15.months ahead, they are urging thousands more to break their
:14:16. > :14:24.silence to help protect children in care now. Ukip has published its
:14:25. > :14:29.Scottish general election manifesto. It says its priorities are to
:14:30. > :14:32.encourage Scots to stay in Scotland, build their businesses and employ
:14:33. > :14:37.their fellow Scots. The party is fielding ten candidates in Scotland.
:14:38. > :14:41.The message is we want taxes now higher than the rest of the UK to
:14:42. > :14:46.make sure we are competitive. We want to stay in the UK and get out
:14:47. > :14:51.of the EU single market so we can make trade treaties with the world
:14:52. > :14:55.so we can get more jobs because we can do business with the growing
:14:56. > :14:59.areas of the world instead of having to refer to 27 other states and
:15:00. > :15:07.creative treaty that doesn't suit us. Staying with the election
:15:08. > :15:13.campaign and health think tank has warned that tens of thousands of UK
:15:14. > :15:17.pensioners living abroad could come home for NHS treatment unless the
:15:18. > :15:25.Brexit deal secures continued access to EU health care for expats. The
:15:26. > :15:30.Nuffield trust says there are 190,000 UK pensioners living in
:15:31. > :15:35.other EU countries. The UK Government contributes around ?500
:15:36. > :15:39.million a year towards their health care costs. Nuffield estimates it
:15:40. > :15:46.would cost the NHS another ?500 million to look after them if Brexit
:15:47. > :15:52.forced them to return home. On the campaign trail and five, the SNP say
:15:53. > :15:56.health care is a snapshot of Brexit problems to come. We have a
:15:57. > :15:59.government that still can't answer basic questions on what they are
:16:00. > :16:03.seeking to achieve in the law stations and how they're going to
:16:04. > :16:07.help our public services -- negotiations. And our economy deal
:16:08. > :16:12.with it implications. Liberal Democrats said if there is a bad
:16:13. > :16:17.Brexit deal, voter should get the chance to rejected. There are no
:16:18. > :16:21.easy fixes according to Labour's Scottish leader campaigning in
:16:22. > :16:26.Glasgow. This is a sorry mess caused by the Tories's gabble on hard right
:16:27. > :16:30.wing Brexit. If you vote for Labour you have a party focused on jobs,
:16:31. > :16:33.investment in the economy up taking the NHS, that's the difference
:16:34. > :16:36.between Labour and the Tories and that is the real choice in this
:16:37. > :16:40.selection. An Angus, the Conservative leader insisted her
:16:41. > :16:44.party is best placed to negotiate with the EU. This report shows we
:16:45. > :16:48.have to get the Brexit deal right and the election will decide who sit
:16:49. > :16:52.across the table from 27 other European countries to try to get
:16:53. > :16:57.that good deal for Britain. Do you want it to be Theresa May Jeremy
:16:58. > :17:00.Corbyn? Whoever ends up negotiating for UK's citizens living in the EU
:17:01. > :17:05.will probably have to guarantee similar rights to those from EU
:17:06. > :17:11.countries who choose to move to the UK. Time to speak to some
:17:12. > :17:18.politicians in Edinburgh. We have Alex Cole Hamilton and Iain McGill.
:17:19. > :17:22.With me in the studio is Patrick Grady from the SNP and Andy Hilland
:17:23. > :17:27.for Scottish Labour. Good evening to you all and thank you for joining
:17:28. > :17:32.us. What was behind Jeremy Corbyn's change of heart today over the BBC
:17:33. > :17:37.TV debate. Was it a last-minute U-turn on a plan to put pressure on
:17:38. > :17:40.Theresa May? Jeremy Corbyn didn't call this general election but I
:17:41. > :17:44.think it's a challenge he is relishing. He attended to's debate
:17:45. > :17:48.and Theresa May called the general election and is running away from
:17:49. > :17:54.it. Labour is going from strength to strength and underlined Scotland's
:17:55. > :18:01.candidates, it is only Labour candidates that can the Tories. Mr
:18:02. > :18:07.copper face criticism yesterday for not knowing the cost of Labour's
:18:08. > :18:11.pledge for free childcare -- Mr Corbyn. Do you know what the cost
:18:12. > :18:15.is? It doesn't make him look disorganised, I actually think
:18:16. > :18:18.Jeremy Corbyn has put forward a bold and radical manifesto. Should he not
:18:19. > :18:22.know the numbers in his own manifesto? It interesting that
:18:23. > :18:26.Theresa May gives figures mixed up and there is no highlighting of it.
:18:27. > :18:30.Jeremy Corbyn has put forward a manifesto and the majority of people
:18:31. > :18:34.in Scotland can unite behind it, it is investment in public services,
:18:35. > :18:38.skills and the NHS and it addresses poverty which is at shocking levels.
:18:39. > :18:45.Do you know what the childcare is? Not for England. ?2.7 billion. Iain
:18:46. > :18:49.McGill of the Scottish Conservatives, is confidence in
:18:50. > :18:54.Theresa May falling. Some of the polls suggest that there is? Polls
:18:55. > :19:02.are often going to tighten up as elections come closer. In Scotland
:19:03. > :19:06.the polls are tightening and it's within 10% of the SNP. Paul is
:19:07. > :19:10.always tighten as elections come closer. We are very happy and
:19:11. > :19:14.confident in Theresa May and the country that they will make the
:19:15. > :19:17.choice whether they are confident in Theresa May to deliver the Brexit
:19:18. > :19:20.deal the country needs on whether there was a coalition of case
:19:21. > :19:27.wobbling with each other in this debate. Do you trust the coalition
:19:28. > :19:35.of chaos to deliver a strong Brexit on Theresa May? Did that make
:19:36. > :19:39.Theresa May look weak to not turn up? She has been up and down the
:19:40. > :19:46.country, taking questions from the public, more so than Jeremy Corbyn,
:19:47. > :19:49.question Time this week, the sky and Channel 4 debate. We don't need more
:19:50. > :19:53.debates for the country to be deciding who they are going to vote
:19:54. > :19:56.for. She would have a more access to people across the country by being
:19:57. > :20:01.in that debate tonight than she did today. There have been debates, she
:20:02. > :20:05.has done debate and we don't need more debates to see who the country
:20:06. > :20:12.is going to be confident to deliver the Brexit negotiations. We will see
:20:13. > :20:17.next week if they are confident in Theresa May or the rabble that was
:20:18. > :20:22.on the debate tonight. But Scott Alex Cole Hamilton and pick up on
:20:23. > :20:26.one bit in your manifesto which the clarification that you want a
:20:27. > :20:29.referendum on the final terms of the Brexit deal that you continue to
:20:30. > :20:34.oppose a Scottish independence referendum. Why has it changed, what
:20:35. > :20:38.is the difference between the two just because you don't like the
:20:39. > :20:41.answer to one of them? In 2014, the SNP provided detailed manifesto of
:20:42. > :20:46.whatever is vision of independence looked like. The borders of Scotland
:20:47. > :20:50.rejected that. On the 23rd of June last year we saw the Leave camp a
:20:51. > :20:55.manifesto evaporate within hours. A pack of lies. The process started by
:20:56. > :20:58.the British people can only be finished by the British people. We
:20:59. > :21:02.want to give people the option that if it is a bad deal or no deal that
:21:03. > :21:07.they can reject that than have the option to remain in the European
:21:08. > :21:11.Union. There is nothing wrong with that. The changed circumstances this
:21:12. > :21:14.column, why not an opportunity to vote once again on the different
:21:15. > :21:19.circumstances, particularly when it's come from the Scottish
:21:20. > :21:22.Parliament? The Scottish National Party set itself a very high bar and
:21:23. > :21:32.said that actually it would bring forward a second independence
:21:33. > :21:41.referendum. successive opinion polls say it is the last thing that people
:21:42. > :21:46.want. That's the last thing we want to put Scotland through. The
:21:47. > :21:49.Scottish Liberal Democrats are opposing another device of
:21:50. > :21:52.independence referendum but we want to give people a say on the final
:21:53. > :21:58.terms of the Brexit deal because we can't trust that throughout Tubau of
:21:59. > :22:03.politicians. Patrick Grady for the SNP. Your manifesto yesterday stated
:22:04. > :22:07.an easing of the timetable on the second vote. Nicola Sturgeon says it
:22:08. > :22:11.won't happen until the end of the Brexit process. She didn't use those
:22:12. > :22:14.words before, she talked about the date but not those words at the end
:22:15. > :22:21.of the Brexit process. It's always good to be at the end of the Brexit
:22:22. > :22:25.process. That was what Theresa May said the end of the Brexit process
:22:26. > :22:28.would be. Once the Brexit process has come to an end on the terms of
:22:29. > :22:31.the final Brexit settlement are known, it's only right that the
:22:32. > :22:35.people of Scotland should have their say, that they should have a choice.
:22:36. > :22:39.Every other Parliament in Europe will have a final say on the Brexit
:22:40. > :22:43.deal, the House of Commons will have a final say, we think the people of
:22:44. > :23:02.Scotland, who voted 62% to remain in the European Union should have
:23:03. > :23:06.that say. Your manifesto says that winning at least 30 of Scotland 59
:23:07. > :23:08.seats give this triple mandate that you talk about foreign independence
:23:09. > :23:11.referendum. The popular vote in 2015 for the SNP was 50%, what if it
:23:12. > :23:14.falls below that this time? In our system in this country, the party
:23:15. > :23:16.with the most votes and the most seats are the winner of the election
:23:17. > :23:19.and if the SNP wins the election and we are taking nothing for granted.
:23:20. > :23:22.If we win the election next week, it gives us a mandate to take forward
:23:23. > :23:24.proposals in our manifesto to stand up against Tory austerity and
:23:25. > :23:29.against an extreme Tory Brexit and protect and strengthen the powers of
:23:30. > :23:37.the Scottish Government. That's not a mandate.
:23:38. > :23:46.Uefa south of the 50%. You haven't had the 50% mandate in the Scottish
:23:47. > :23:51.parliament. Even with the combined force in the Scottish parliament you
:23:52. > :23:55.haven't got the 50%. It's not a referendum the country once. Noises
:23:56. > :23:59.from the Liberal Democrats, we saw from Angus Roberts, the SNP have
:24:00. > :24:05.been the strong opposition to Tory austerity in the House of Commons.
:24:06. > :24:10.What kind of mandate would be needed? The SNP began this general
:24:11. > :24:12.election campaign saying it wasn't about independence at all but we saw
:24:13. > :24:17.with the launch of the manifesto that there has been a U-turn and
:24:18. > :24:22.they say if they gain a certain number of MPs that will be a mandate
:24:23. > :24:26.for a referendum. I actually think that in this general election, the
:24:27. > :24:30.voters in most consistencies across Scotland have a choice to vote for
:24:31. > :24:34.the SNP and that will be a vote for another independence referendum. You
:24:35. > :24:40.still oppose an indie referendum regardless? The Liberal Democrats
:24:41. > :24:45.pretending to be the party of protecting the union. Jeremy Corbyn
:24:46. > :24:48.said the first thing he would do as Prime Minister is speak to the First
:24:49. > :24:52.Minister about another independence referendum. We are running right out
:24:53. > :24:55.of time, thank you for joining us. Back tomorrow night at 10:30pm. From
:24:56. > :25:12.all of us here, good night. Hello there, good evening, the last
:25:13. > :25:18.day of the meteorological spring today and it was a cracker. Plenty
:25:19. > :25:19.of sunshine and blue sky but tonight the cloud rolling in. It will stay