:00:00. > :00:00.shown there on Saturday night. Lucy Manning talking to some of the
:00:00. > :00:00.people there. Good evening on Election
:00:00. > :00:00.Reporting Scotland tonight. Scotland's politicians go head
:00:07. > :00:09.to head in one of the last debates before Thursday's vote
:00:10. > :00:13.And where is the love June 6 was D-Day, but
:00:14. > :00:48.on the campaign trail, there is still one day left before
:00:49. > :00:50.you make the big decision. It's been an election like no other,
:00:51. > :00:54.and, at this stage, it's all about the final push
:00:55. > :00:56.for the finishing line. Tonight, that focussed on the last
:00:57. > :00:58.big Scottish leaders' debate, which finished half an hour
:00:59. > :01:00.ago in Glasgow. Our political correspondent,
:01:01. > :01:02.Nick Eardley, watched it What were the main issues
:01:03. > :01:10.discussed tonight Nick? These big TV set piece events often
:01:11. > :01:13.reflect the debate we've been hearing throughout the campaign. But
:01:14. > :01:19.they also quite often provide those wow moments, the things that really
:01:20. > :01:22.stick in your mind. Unsurprisingly, Nicola Sturgeon faced the most
:01:23. > :01:26.pressure on that issue of independence. It was the thing that
:01:27. > :01:30.her three Unionist rivals all wanted to go at her on, because quite
:01:31. > :01:36.frankly, they think she's vulnerable on it at the moment. But it was also
:01:37. > :01:40.comments from Miss Sturgeon about what she claims Kezia Dugdale told
:01:41. > :01:43.her about potentially dropping opposition to another referendum
:01:44. > :01:49.that provided one of those big moments.
:01:50. > :02:03.we spoke after the referendum and you said the change occasioned the
:02:04. > :02:07.independence referendum. I said I would support anything you do to
:02:08. > :02:11.support our position in Europe. You know that's not quite true. People
:02:12. > :02:16.across the country know you back independence. But heaven's sake why
:02:17. > :02:22.not put it to one side for a bit and give us a bit of peace. That's all
:02:23. > :02:26.we want. If you think Brexit is going to be bad, just wait for
:02:27. > :02:31.independence on top of it. It will be austerity on steroids.
:02:32. > :02:36.A furious reaction from Scottish Labour to that Nicola Sturgeon claim
:02:37. > :02:42.tonight. Kezia Dugdale has said the idea that she offered to change
:02:43. > :02:45.Labour's position was a lie. Her spokesman said Nicola Sturgeon has
:02:46. > :02:50.demeaned the office of First Minister. For a party that has
:02:51. > :02:55.struggled to communicate a co-heernts message on its opposition
:02:56. > :03:02.to independence less than 48 hours before polls close this won't be
:03:03. > :03:05.welcome. Rouge Davidson faced -- Ruth Davidson faced real pressure on
:03:06. > :03:09.the so-called rape clause. Other parties think that the Conservative
:03:10. > :03:12.leader here is more vulnerable on UK Government policies than she is when
:03:13. > :03:15.she's talking about her favourite issue, which is opposition to
:03:16. > :03:18.another independence referendum. In particular, they wanted to talk
:03:19. > :03:22.about changes to the benefits system which means if you have, if you're a
:03:23. > :03:27.woman with a third child conceived through rape, you have to fill out a
:03:28. > :03:31.form or get a professional to fill out a form which says that child was
:03:32. > :03:36.conceived by rape so you can still receive benefits for it. Here's a
:03:37. > :03:40.flavour of the exchanges on that. The money you are saving, money
:03:41. > :03:46.taken from the poorest in our society is then being spent by your
:03:47. > :03:51.party on a tax cut for the richest. How do Tories sleep at night? Your
:03:52. > :03:57.Tory Party is just callous and heartless as it has always been, is
:03:58. > :04:02.it not? We're making sure - Are you saying that every Conservative MP
:04:03. > :04:05.that is sent from Scotland to Westminster will actually defend the
:04:06. > :04:10.rape clause? Will that be their job? We want to make sure there's extra
:04:11. > :04:15.help available. That's why we're making sure there's an exemption. I
:04:16. > :04:18.can't imagine what it's been like for her, none of us can. We have
:04:19. > :04:23.people who walk through our doors and surgeries all the time with
:04:24. > :04:27.this. Those four will be back out on the campaign trail tomorrow, then in
:04:28. > :04:29.48' hours time we will be discussing the results. Live from the newsroom
:04:30. > :04:32.thanks. Nick. Let's discuss the winners and losers
:04:33. > :04:34.with our nightly panel From Edinburgh, former Scotsman
:04:35. > :04:37.editor and now a Conservative councillor in the city,
:04:38. > :04:39.John McLellan, also with us, political commentators
:04:40. > :04:50.Rebecca McQuillan and journalist, Peter, you followed tonight's
:04:51. > :04:55.debate. Standout moments for you? I guess as Nick pointed out there,
:04:56. > :05:00.we're going to be talking a lot about Kezia Dugdale's schaeng with
:05:01. > :05:03.Nicola Sturgeon -- exchange with Nicola Sturgeon where Nicola
:05:04. > :05:07.Sturgeon says hours after the Brexit vote that she said she was willing
:05:08. > :05:09.to soften her line on a second referendum because of the vote to
:05:10. > :05:14.leave the European Union. That will really resonate. There will be talk
:05:15. > :05:20.and we'll be hearing blow back from Labour about this. Aside from that I
:05:21. > :05:25.think it was the main thrust of the campaign. We saw Nicola Sturgeon
:05:26. > :05:29.being the centre after tension. The three Unionist parties at times, we
:05:30. > :05:33.saw really Ruth Davidson was the next big person attacked. At times,
:05:34. > :05:37.you had the Liberal Democrats and Labour together, Willie Rennie and
:05:38. > :05:40.Kezia Dugdale. That signifies that Labour are the third force in
:05:41. > :05:46.Scottish politics. They're no longer the people, roll back two years ago,
:05:47. > :05:49.it was Jim Murphy in the attack seat. Now it's Labour who are the
:05:50. > :05:55.third force. Really this is how the campaign has played out. The Tories
:05:56. > :05:59.have raised doubts about how committed Labour's opposition to
:06:00. > :06:02.independence really is. This is an incendiary charge from Nicola
:06:03. > :06:06.Sturgeon at this stage? Oh, yeah, it was a hell of a grenade to lob at
:06:07. > :06:12.this stage. I think Peter's right, it will be the only story of the
:06:13. > :06:17.night they'll play out tomorrow and already, if you have a moment's
:06:18. > :06:24.glance at Twitter, you'll see the furious spin machine at work trying
:06:25. > :06:27.to close this story down. Everything else tonight was really old
:06:28. > :06:31.arguments played out. I mean, I didn't think that any of the other
:06:32. > :06:35.issues really enlightened the audience. But when journalists are
:06:36. > :06:39.looking for something new to report, the First Minister gave them
:06:40. > :06:41.something that was gold. A private conversation, so it's one person's
:06:42. > :06:45.word against another. Absolutely. Which is why it's brilliant. Because
:06:46. > :06:51.it's going to be very, very difficult to close down. You'll get
:06:52. > :06:55.one side of an argument and another. There are no notes of the
:06:56. > :06:59.conversation, so it's going to be a difficult one. The thing about those
:07:00. > :07:02.kind of stories is that does it have the ring of truth about it? Yeah,
:07:03. > :07:07.probably on balance it does. Therefore it will play out. As Peter
:07:08. > :07:11.said there, some real difficulty for Ruth Davidson tonight on the subject
:07:12. > :07:17.of the so-called rape clause. Absolutely. All three of the other
:07:18. > :07:24.party leaders rounded on her over that. This is about trying to brand
:07:25. > :07:28.the Conservatives as still being the same old nasty party. She did look
:07:29. > :07:32.uncomfortable, I think answering questions on that. As she has done
:07:33. > :07:39.indeed in Holyrood over the past few weeks. Kezia Dugdale brought a bit
:07:40. > :07:44.of theatre to it by brandishing the form itself in her face. So yes, she
:07:45. > :07:46.was on the ropes on that one. Three party leaders would wanted to talk
:07:47. > :07:50.about independence tonight, just not the leader of the party in favour of
:07:51. > :07:54.independence. It was very striking. Again, it echoes the themes of this
:07:55. > :07:57.campaign. If you go onto the streets, you look at election
:07:58. > :08:00.material produced by the parties, the Liberal Democrats are the only
:08:01. > :08:05.people who can stop the SNP. Insert Labour, Conservatives here. You will
:08:06. > :08:10.see election manifesto material from the SNP that doesn't talk much about
:08:11. > :08:14.independence. What was interesting is where you saw the parties, where
:08:15. > :08:17.the different parties saw they had tactical votes, at times, to gain
:08:18. > :08:20.from each other, but also they are actually trying to win seats off
:08:21. > :08:23.each other, say like Edinburgh south, the only seat that Labour
:08:24. > :08:28.holds, where the Tories at one stage were looking to gain. You could see
:08:29. > :08:32.where Willie Rennie and Kezia Dugdale had a strange response for a
:08:33. > :08:35.moment, where they had an opportunity to ask questions on each
:08:36. > :08:39.other and ended up rounding on Ruth Davidson. For the Unionist parties
:08:40. > :08:45.there's more of a tactical vote than 2014. It's clear that the Tories are
:08:46. > :08:49.the opposition. So the parties are pivoting around it. They are on the
:08:50. > :08:53.doorsteps and have done their focus groups. They feel it's not a vote
:08:54. > :08:57.winner for the SNP and it is for them. Still floating voters with one
:08:58. > :09:01.day of campaigning to go. Anything in there tonight you see that could
:09:02. > :09:07.change things for people? Probably not. I think certainly for anyone
:09:08. > :09:11.who hadn't been following the campaign, and they just watched this
:09:12. > :09:15.debate, it certainly does encollapse late all the issues that we've been
:09:16. > :09:21.seeing over the last few weeks. I think what is important about these
:09:22. > :09:26.debates is how much, you know, how much the personality of the leaders
:09:27. > :09:30.comes across. I think Nicola Sturgeon stands out in this debate
:09:31. > :09:34.and in the other debates that she's done as being very practised at
:09:35. > :09:37.them. She's actually had more practice than both Theresa May and
:09:38. > :09:41.indeed Jeremy Corbyn at doing these sorts of things. But on the other
:09:42. > :09:47.side, you've got a lot of passion coming through from Kezia Dugdale
:09:48. > :09:52.and indeed from Willie Rennie and a lot of firmness of purpose coming
:09:53. > :09:55.through from Ruth Davidson. If you're deciding on the basis of this
:09:56. > :09:58.debate, these factors too will come into play.
:09:59. > :09:59.Thank you all for your time this evening.
:10:00. > :10:01.More from the campaign trail coming up, but first
:10:02. > :10:08.After a seven-week trial, Craig Whyte, the former owner
:10:09. > :10:10.of Rangers, has been cleared of taking over the
:10:11. > :10:15.His defence lawyer said he had been cast as the pantomime villain
:10:16. > :10:22.Andrew Black reports from the High Court in Glasgow.
:10:23. > :10:28.Craig Whyte left the High Court today a free and very happy man.
:10:29. > :10:31.Following a lengthy police investigation, and a seven-week
:10:32. > :10:36.trial, a jury took two hours to clear him. He gave his reaction
:10:37. > :10:42.after the verdict. Today, I'm just delighted with the outcome. Mr Whyte
:10:43. > :10:46.bought Rangers from previous owner Sir David Murray, seen here leaving
:10:47. > :10:51.court, for ?1, at a time when the club faced an uncertain financial
:10:52. > :10:55.future. As part of the takeover, he also agreed to take on the club's
:10:56. > :11:00.multimillion pound bank debt and put money into the playing squad. But
:11:01. > :11:05.the club went into administration and he eventually went on trial
:11:06. > :11:09.accused of not having the money to ache for his takeover. Rangers
:11:10. > :11:14.legend alley McKoist was among the high profile witnesses who gave
:11:15. > :11:18.evidence, as did former manager, Walter Smith, and so David himself
:11:19. > :11:25.also gave evidence from the witness box. Donald Finley who represented
:11:26. > :11:28.Mr Whit argued his client met the conditions of the sale and said
:11:29. > :11:34.there was no loss to Sir David in the buyout. The jury acquitted Mr
:11:35. > :11:39.Whit of one charge of fraud and a second charge under the companies
:11:40. > :11:44.act. After the ver dict was read out. The judge turned to Craig Whyte
:11:45. > :11:48.and asked him to stand, she said, "You have been acquitted and are
:11:49. > :11:53.free to leave the dock." In response Mr Whyte said, "Thank you." If he
:11:54. > :11:56.thinks it's all over, he might be wrong. The Scottish Football
:11:57. > :12:02.Association says it's now considering pursuing him for a fine
:12:03. > :12:06.of ?200,000, levied in 2012, for bringing the game into disrepute.
:12:07. > :12:09.Less than a year after Mr Whyte took over, the club
:12:10. > :12:13.The outcome of this trial leaves many still
:12:14. > :12:16.Our correspondent David Henderson's report contains some
:12:17. > :12:32.Walking free from court, Craig Whyte now cleared from a massive fraud.
:12:33. > :12:38.I'm delighted with the outcome. And a charge of buying Rangers using its
:12:39. > :12:42.own assets. Six years ago, Craig white took charge of Rangers. When
:12:43. > :12:45.he arrived at Ibrox, he talked of plans to build the club and make it
:12:46. > :12:48.stronger than ever. We want to take the club forward. I think we've got
:12:49. > :12:53.some very exciting times ahead. For fans, the years that followed were
:12:54. > :12:58.exciting for all the wrong reasons. It's a difficult day for Rangers. We
:12:59. > :13:04.will emerge a stronger club. Thank you. In less than a year, Rangers
:13:05. > :13:09.football club plc had gone bust. Forced into liquidation, leaving
:13:10. > :13:15.debts of tens of millions of pounds and almost 300 creditors left out of
:13:16. > :13:20.pocket. The end result, humiliation for club and fans alike, with
:13:21. > :13:27.Rangers forced to play in the bottom tier of Scottish football a giant
:13:28. > :13:31.amongst sporting minnows. Before he bought Rangers Craig Whyte seemed to
:13:32. > :13:36.have it all, a castle in the Highlands and a home in Monaco. But
:13:37. > :13:39.the BBC learned he'd once been banned from acting as a company
:13:40. > :13:43.director, a serious penalty, which raised questions about whether he
:13:44. > :13:51.was fit to buy the club. Let's go. Let's' go. Let's move back please.
:13:52. > :13:55.After Rangers' collapse, Craig Whyte faced legal action. He left the
:13:56. > :14:00.country and was tracked down to Mexico. Held by police there, he
:14:01. > :14:07.chose to return to the UK to answer a warrant for his arrest. Throughout
:14:08. > :14:11.this trial, the jury heard claims about how the takeover was funded.
:14:12. > :14:18.The prosecution claimed the cash was raised through a deal to sell
:14:19. > :14:24.Rangers season tickets with the company Tictetus. With Craig Whyte
:14:25. > :14:28.mortgaging the club's assets before he owned them. As the deadline for
:14:29. > :14:31.the deal approached, Craig Whyte's lawyer told him he would be mad to
:14:32. > :14:38.buy the club and he should walk away. Whyte apparently laughed and
:14:39. > :14:41.pushed on regardless. Craig Whyte persuaded the Rangers' owner Sir
:14:42. > :14:45.David Murray to sell him the club and throughout this trial, his
:14:46. > :14:52.defence team have highlighted the Murray group's apparent lack of
:14:53. > :14:59.interest in how Whyte was funding the deal. Whyte's defence lawyers
:15:00. > :15:03.argued how could the Murray group not have phone ticketus was
:15:04. > :15:06.supplying the money. How could this be fraud if Sir David was
:15:07. > :15:11.benefitting from selling ranger. -- Rangers? At the time Sir David's
:15:12. > :15:15.business empire was struggling and was being propped up by Lloyds Bank.
:15:16. > :15:20.The jury heard it was keen on this deal and offered to release its hold
:15:21. > :15:24.on one of his companies Murray Metals, once Rangers was sold to
:15:25. > :15:28.Craig Whyte. Was this an incentive to sell, as the defence team
:15:29. > :15:34.claimed? A senior bank manager admitted in court that this was. Six
:15:35. > :15:39.years on, and Rangers are still recovering from Craig Whyte's spell
:15:40. > :15:43.at Ibrox. In that time, he's been bankrupted and banned again from
:15:44. > :15:48.being a company director. This court case ends a sorry chapter in
:15:49. > :15:54.Rangers' story. But leaves many fans wondering where it all went wrong.
:15:55. > :15:56.Craig Whyte wasn't the only person close to the takeover
:15:57. > :16:02.Others, including former Rangers owner Sir David Murray,
:16:03. > :16:04.played a part in that doomed deal six years ago.
:16:05. > :16:07.We spoke to former Rangers chairman, Alistair Johnston, at his home
:16:08. > :16:10.in Ohio about how he feels about Mr Whyte's acquisition
:16:11. > :16:16.of the club and Rangers' subsequent downfall.
:16:17. > :16:25.If indeed it Craig Whyte is found not guilty of being in contravention
:16:26. > :16:32.of the companies act, it doesn't exonerate him from his villainy.
:16:33. > :16:38.Towards Rangers football club. He should have been charged with murder
:16:39. > :16:43.of an institution, destruction of people's passion, destruction of the
:16:44. > :16:47.spirit of hundreds of thousands of Rangers fans.
:16:48. > :16:50.And you can see our investigations correspondent Mark Daly's full
:16:51. > :16:54.That's all from me, now back to Stephen.
:16:55. > :16:59.So just 24 hours to go on the campaign trail,
:17:00. > :17:01.and it's been a frantic few weeks for politicians travelling up
:17:02. > :17:04.and down the country. But some places have received
:17:05. > :17:06.more love than others from our politicians.
:17:07. > :17:13.Ken McDonald has been looking at just who's been where.
:17:14. > :17:19.Time is tight so the party leaders are going where they think they can
:17:20. > :17:22.make the biggest difference. We analysed those campaigning visits to
:17:23. > :17:27.try to make out a pattern. This is just a bit of fun, we only looked at
:17:28. > :17:32.the Scottish party leaders, not counting national events because we
:17:33. > :17:35.wanted to look at the ground war. We started counting after the Council
:17:36. > :17:42.elections and stopped last thing Friday night. These interactive maps
:17:43. > :17:47.you can access online. These are the travels of Nicola Sturgeon. The SNP
:17:48. > :17:54.have dozens of seats to defend and these visits may show where they
:17:55. > :17:57.feel most vulnerable. Most of Ruth Davidson's appearance could signal
:17:58. > :18:00.possible gains but as with all the parties, the decisions where to go
:18:01. > :18:07.could be based on imperfect information. Most of Kezia Dugdale's
:18:08. > :18:11.travels have taken across the central belt. She's going there in
:18:12. > :18:17.the hope they can be Labour's lands again. The Lib Dems were once a
:18:18. > :18:22.power in the land and where the remains enough of a key vote to give
:18:23. > :18:28.them hope this time. Too much detail? Let's narrow it down. Which
:18:29. > :18:31.constituencies felt the love the most? Four stand out because they
:18:32. > :18:41.have had no fewer than five leader visits. East Lothian was one.
:18:42. > :18:46.Edinburgh East, two appearances by Willie Rennie and another three by
:18:47. > :18:53.Kezia Dugdale. Labour surely think these seats are the hottest
:18:54. > :18:57.prospects. North East Fife, Nicola Sturgeon has been there twice and
:18:58. > :19:09.Willie Rennie three times, although he is the local MSP. Perth and
:19:10. > :19:13.Perthshire north another hotspots. Three other constituencies are just
:19:14. > :19:22.bubbling under on four visits apiece. The map suggests these seven
:19:23. > :19:26.seeds are key battle grounds in the parties' eyes at least.
:19:27. > :19:28.Let's catch up with some politicians now for the final
:19:29. > :19:31.In Aberdeen tonight, Kirsty Blackman from the SNP.
:19:32. > :19:34.In Edinburgh, we've got Christine Jardine
:19:35. > :19:35.from the Scottish Lib Dems and Brian Whittle from
:19:36. > :19:43.And James Kelly from Scottish Labour is with me in the studio.
:19:44. > :19:49.Mr Kelly, surprised to learn the night from Nicola Sturgeon that your
:19:50. > :19:53.leader Kezia Dugdale had a private conversation with her where she said
:19:54. > :19:58.after Brexit, that changed everything including opposition to a
:19:59. > :20:02.second independence referendum? This is absolute fantasy from the First
:20:03. > :20:07.Minister and desperate stuff. A cynical ploy to try to drive out the
:20:08. > :20:12.Tory vote because the SNP now they are under pressure from Labour in
:20:13. > :20:17.seats all across Scotland. Every speech and every debate in the
:20:18. > :20:22.Scottish Parliament, Kezia Dugdale made her own position to another
:20:23. > :20:24.referendum clear, she has been consistent throughout. You are
:20:25. > :20:32.saying that conversation never happened? It's an absolute fantasy
:20:33. > :20:38.and desperate stuff from the First Minister. Look at all the speeches
:20:39. > :20:43.Kezia Dugdale has made. She has been consistent. She has opposed a second
:20:44. > :20:47.referendum throughout. The First Minister should be ashamed of
:20:48. > :20:53.herself all this tactic. Kirsty Blackman from the SNP in Aberdeen,
:20:54. > :20:56.that conversation never happened? I was not present for it but the First
:20:57. > :21:02.Minister says it happened then I would imagine it did. In terms of
:21:03. > :21:08.who was sitting in the polls at the moment, what would be a good and bad
:21:09. > :21:12.result for you? We are looking to win all 59 seats and that is what
:21:13. > :21:16.we're trying to do. The way the polls are going, it looks like we
:21:17. > :21:20.will win the election in Scotland but we're taking nothing for granted
:21:21. > :21:23.and it is important people in Scotland understand that it's a
:21:24. > :21:30.clear choice between the SNP the Tories. Brian Whittle, the same
:21:31. > :21:34.question for you, Ruth Davidson said her party would redraw the political
:21:35. > :21:38.map of Scotland and presumably that means you are hoping to get more
:21:39. > :21:42.than your current single seat? We are looking to make significant
:21:43. > :21:48.gains throughout Scotland. The polls suggesting that is the case. It is a
:21:49. > :21:52.straight fight between a single issue party or the SNP or the
:21:53. > :21:57.Scottish Conservatives and we would hope to make significant gains in
:21:58. > :22:01.Scotland. The latest YouGov poll taken between June the 1st and June
:22:02. > :22:07.the Fest puts you down 3%, did you peek too soon? It is fairly obvious
:22:08. > :22:14.we are making quite a lot of headway in the last couple of years. You are
:22:15. > :22:18.not sounding hugely confident. I am quite confident and I think we will
:22:19. > :22:21.take a significant number of seats in Scotland. We have made
:22:22. > :22:26.significant progress in the last couple of years and I would expect
:22:27. > :22:30.that to be represented the election on Thursday. Christine Jardine, one
:22:31. > :22:34.party has remained rock steady in the polls, at rock bottom, the Lib
:22:35. > :22:38.Dems, why have you not shown any signs of progress? You just
:22:39. > :22:45.mentioned the YouGov poll and I think you will find tomorrow in the
:22:46. > :22:50.latest polls, we do have momentum in our target seats. But not across the
:22:51. > :22:54.country. The country doesn't show the individual target seats and you
:22:55. > :22:58.know that. We have momentum in our target seats and we are confident
:22:59. > :23:03.that on Friday, there will be more Liberal Democrat MPs in Scotland
:23:04. > :23:06.than at the moment. We're getting a great response on the ground in this
:23:07. > :23:11.target seats and we're moving forward and that is what is
:23:12. > :23:13.important. The national polls gives you a snapshot of the national
:23:14. > :23:18.feeling but they don't tell you what is going on in different areas. So
:23:19. > :23:23.on Friday we will still be talking about the great Lib Dem comeback? We
:23:24. > :23:29.will be talking about the fact that momentum has increased our number of
:23:30. > :23:34.seats at Westminster from Scotland. James Kelly, the same polls put you
:23:35. > :23:39.up at 6% but that is too little, too late for you, given how low things
:23:40. > :23:43.had gone? Labour have got the momentum in this campaign because we
:23:44. > :23:48.are told the issues important to people, like supporting public
:23:49. > :23:52.services and asking top rate taxpayers to pay more. We are coming
:23:53. > :23:55.up with the ideas and that is why the public are responding. We have
:23:56. > :24:00.got the momentum as we close in towards the end of this campaign.
:24:01. > :24:04.Jeremy Corbyn coming to Glasgow tomorrow. You lost in the local
:24:05. > :24:08.elections. There is a risk the party will recover nationally thanks to
:24:09. > :24:13.him but you will stay in the doldrums in Scotland? I am confident
:24:14. > :24:18.we are competing in seats all over Scotland. Speaking to people on the
:24:19. > :24:22.doorsteps, it is clear they are responding to our message because
:24:23. > :24:25.Labour are talking about things that mattered to people like investment
:24:26. > :24:31.in public services, supporting kids getting well educated. These things
:24:32. > :24:35.people care about and that is why people are responding to the Labour
:24:36. > :24:41.campaign and getting behind Labour as we get towards the end. Only one
:24:42. > :24:46.date to go, what will be a good result for you on Friday? I will not
:24:47. > :24:49.put any number of seats on it but at the start of this campaign, some
:24:50. > :24:53.commentators said we wouldn't win any seats and they were writing us
:24:54. > :24:57.off altogether. What is clear is that we move towards the end,
:24:58. > :25:01.Labour's files has been heard loud and clear and the public have
:25:02. > :25:06.responded and we will do well. You are confident you will do better
:25:07. > :25:09.than you are doing at the moment? We will do well on Thursday because the
:25:10. > :25:14.public are responding and we are going up in the polls. We will race
:25:15. > :25:19.the Tories all the way to the line. How will it go for you, Brian? I
:25:20. > :25:25.think this is fantasy coming from Labour, they are the party in chaos.
:25:26. > :25:28.I expect us to make significant advantages in Scotland on top of the
:25:29. > :25:30.other advantages we have made over the last couple of years. Thank you
:25:31. > :25:32.for your time. And that's it for tonight but not
:25:33. > :25:35.before one final funny moment She's spent the past two
:25:36. > :25:39.months being photographed, so it was Nicola Sturgeon's turn
:25:40. > :25:41.to take the picture when Channel Four's Jon Snow bumped
:25:42. > :25:44.into a fan in Aberdeen. It was taken in a grilled cheese
:25:45. > :25:47.sandwich shop, so let's hope And that's Election
:25:48. > :25:49.Reporting Scotland. Tomorrow on the campaign
:25:50. > :25:52.trail, the final push from all the politicians.
:25:53. > :25:54.Join us for our last show at 10.45pm.
:25:55. > :26:05.Until then, goodnight.