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:00:00. > :00:00.Prices could go up in an independent Scotland.

:00:00. > :00:08.That's the warning from some supermarket bosses today.

:00:09. > :00:10.And its an intervention that might mean

:00:11. > :00:31.a lot more to voters than all that endless debate about the currency.

:00:32. > :00:33.Scaremongering, bullying and intimidation.

:00:34. > :00:35.That's how Alex Salmond brushed off the news that every

:00:36. > :00:40.Scottish-based bank might move its HQ out of an independent Scotland.

:00:41. > :00:43.But it's harder to dismiss the warnings from supermarket bosses

:00:44. > :00:47.who say prices in the shops might go up if Scotland votes yes.

:00:48. > :00:50.So has a week that started with jubilation

:00:51. > :00:55.despair? I'll be talking live to Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to

:00:56. > :00:59.the Treasury and John Swinney, the Scottish Finance Minister.

:01:00. > :01:02.The biggest live debate ever staged in Scotland gave first time voters

:01:03. > :01:05.the chance to hold the grown ups to account.

:01:06. > :01:08.I'll be asking three teenage voters who were at the debate if any

:01:09. > :01:18.And the lingerie tycoon Michelle Mone tells us she'll leave

:01:19. > :01:24.I am so passionate about Scotland, I can't tell you...

:01:25. > :01:29.But if I don't believe in something, I'm not going to sit around

:01:30. > :01:37.What do RBS, TSB, Lloyds, Clydesdale and Tesco bank all have in common?

:01:38. > :01:40.They all have their registered head quarters

:01:41. > :01:43.in Scotland and they all say they are making plans to move them out

:01:44. > :01:48.Won't make any difference say the Yes campaign who insist no jobs

:01:49. > :01:55.or taxes will be lost to Scotland as a result.

:01:56. > :01:58.And while Waitrose and Asda may not seem to have very

:01:59. > :02:01.much in common, they both said today that they might have to put

:02:02. > :02:04.their prices up in an independent Scotland, after the Prime Minister

:02:05. > :02:07.In a moment, I'll be asking John Swinney and Danny Alexander

:02:08. > :02:24.Today, the battle centred on the banks. There has been plenty of

:02:25. > :02:28.political heat about the future of some of Scotland's biggest flag

:02:29. > :02:33.bearers. It is nothing but has not been implied before, but today there

:02:34. > :02:38.has been confirmation that the five banks with offices in Edinburgh

:02:39. > :02:46.would move. If Scotland vote "yes", RBS, Lloyds, Royal Bank of

:02:47. > :02:50.Scotland, and Clydesdale say they plan to move south of the border

:02:51. > :02:54.into England. Most of these banks already have offices in England, so

:02:55. > :02:59.it would not be difficult to do, and they are of all rushed to reassure

:03:00. > :03:04.staff in Scotland that jobs would not be at risk. So does it really

:03:05. > :03:10.matter? The two sides of the referendum campaign don't agree. I

:03:11. > :03:13.think the problem lies entirely with the No campaign. They have been

:03:14. > :03:21.caught red-handed as being part of a campaign of scaremongering. It is

:03:22. > :03:25.not about brass plates, it is about brass tax. This will cost us jobs,

:03:26. > :03:29.and funds that we need for the health service and for schools. In

:03:30. > :03:36.some ways, it would be business as usual. But it is likely to have an

:03:37. > :03:42.impact in another area. Tax. Pay tax is not a clear issue, as we saw with

:03:43. > :03:47.Amazon. It is much easier and more profitable to pay the bulk of its

:03:48. > :03:50.taxes in one country, and that often centres on where the company is

:03:51. > :03:54.registered. It is impossible to quantify an amount, but it is fair

:03:55. > :03:58.to say that Scotland will get less money in taxes without those big

:03:59. > :04:06.tank is that if they kept them. -- big banks. But there could be other

:04:07. > :04:10.benefits. There is a risk that RBS may need a second bailout, so if it

:04:11. > :04:14.is domiciled in London, that is something that the Scottish

:04:15. > :04:17.Government would not have to take responsibility for all stop

:04:18. > :04:22.arguably, that is a benefit. So why make the announcement now? RBS and

:04:23. > :04:25.Lloyds has said that they are responding to demand from customers

:04:26. > :04:31.and the market. Earlier this week, after the news of the first poll

:04:32. > :04:36.which put the Yes campaign ahead, stock slipped in value. The

:04:37. > :04:42.announcement today seem to work. At the end of the Day today, RBS and

:04:43. > :04:46.Lloyds prices were both up. Others don't think that independence would

:04:47. > :04:50.impact the financial industry. I think it is quite a business risk to

:04:51. > :04:59.announce it beforehand, but I suspect that RBS are 80% owned by

:05:00. > :05:02.the government, and Lloyds are mainly headquartered down here

:05:03. > :05:06.anyway, so I think it is a sensible move by both of them. For any bank,

:05:07. > :05:11.their profits and their customers are there are trees, and each of the

:05:12. > :05:15.big institutions to date CV best way to protect those as moving out of an

:05:16. > :05:20.independent Scotland. -- two dates either.

:05:21. > :05:23.And in our Edinburgh studio we have the Finance Secretary, John Swinney,

:05:24. > :05:28.And the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander.

:05:29. > :05:35.We are getting news of a new poll that will be any newspapers

:05:36. > :05:38.tomorrow, which have the No Camp at 52% and the Yes camp at 48. This is

:05:39. > :05:41.significant because it 52% and the Yes camp at 48. This is

:05:42. > :05:43.ball which gave the Yes camp 52% and the Yes camp at 48. This is

:05:44. > :05:46.at the weekend. John 52% and the Yes camp at 48. This is

:05:47. > :05:51.must be very disappointed to have lost you read? What I said at the

:05:52. > :05:59.weekend was that it was the one poor but at Sean is to be a head, and

:06:00. > :06:12.this poll shows that we are a challenger. It will simply encourage

:06:13. > :06:16.others to mobilise and motivate all of our people, the hundreds and

:06:17. > :06:22.thousands of people who are working throughout Scotland for a yes vote

:06:23. > :06:25.to work even harder. Danny Alexander, they like being the

:06:26. > :06:29.underdog. You can see that they are almost pleased that they are back

:06:30. > :06:33.behind, because it means they can motivate people to get out on the

:06:34. > :06:39.streets. Is there a danger of complacency in the No campaign?

:06:40. > :06:42.Absolutely not. It is very close at the moment, so we are going to be

:06:43. > :06:46.getting out as much as we can around Scotland to make the case that there

:06:47. > :06:52.are more powers for Scotland within the UK available if we vote no. That

:06:53. > :06:56.is a safe way to deliver the change that Scotland once, and there are

:06:57. > :07:00.enormous economic risks of independence, and I think over the

:07:01. > :07:04.last few days, people have started to understand and get those messages

:07:05. > :07:08.across to them, and my sense is that there is a quiet majority in

:07:09. > :07:12.Scotland who wants to keep the UK together, but we cannot take that

:07:13. > :07:17.for granted, we are going to have to work constantly to win every vote we

:07:18. > :07:22.can. John Swinney, there was an onslaught of bad news for you today,

:07:23. > :07:25.with every Scottish bank who have their legal headquarters in Scotland

:07:26. > :07:29.saying that they are making contingency plans to move them out

:07:30. > :07:34.of Scotland if there is a yes vote. That is not exactly a vote of

:07:35. > :07:39.confidence, is it? I think it demonstrates that the issue that

:07:40. > :07:41.concerns the banks is about the establishment of a currency union

:07:42. > :07:47.between Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom, after a yes vote,

:07:48. > :07:51.and that is the policy position of the Scottish Government, and if we

:07:52. > :07:56.get a yes vote, there will be an endorsement of that approach, which

:07:57. > :08:00.will get the UK parties round the table, and give us the opportunity

:08:01. > :08:03.to pursue what is in the common interest of both an independent

:08:04. > :08:09.Scotland and the rest of the UK. What is also clear from today is

:08:10. > :08:15.that the banks and recognise that the strength of their customer

:08:16. > :08:18.service, of airport performance, is based on the talented individuals

:08:19. > :08:24.who are based here in Scotland, and that will remain in terms of the

:08:25. > :08:29.decisions have -- that the banks have made today. In terms of the

:08:30. > :08:32.economic activity that stays in Scotland, does it make any

:08:33. > :08:36.difference really headquarters are? I think it does make a big

:08:37. > :08:39.difference. It depends where the are controlled from and regulated. Many

:08:40. > :08:44.countries in Europe discovered this during the financial crisis, that

:08:45. > :08:46.having all of the banks in your financial system regulated by a

:08:47. > :08:51.foreign country, was not a strong place to be, because banks look to

:08:52. > :08:56.where they are regulated to take their decisions, and I think there

:08:57. > :08:59.is no doubt that jobs would be affected, and over time, with the

:09:00. > :09:04.control and decision-making of these banks moving to what would be a

:09:05. > :09:08.foreign country, then inevitably jobs and economic activity would

:09:09. > :09:12.drift that way. Today there was a report from one of the premier

:09:13. > :09:15.international banks making the point that because of the changes to the

:09:16. > :09:23.financial system that we would experience, the adverse changes,

:09:24. > :09:28.then we could expect a fit to GDP of between 1% and 4%, which reflects

:09:29. > :09:31.the scale of the economic challenge that we face under independence. I

:09:32. > :09:34.think a lot of people look at these announcements and say that these are

:09:35. > :09:39.direct indications from companies who have been in Scotland for

:09:40. > :09:43.hundreds of years and don't want to move, that independence is extremely

:09:44. > :09:49.dangerous business. Let's move on to what voters may the more concerned

:09:50. > :09:53.about. Prices in the supermarkets. From Asda to Waitrose telling us

:09:54. > :09:57.that there is a good chance that they might go up. If anything is

:09:58. > :10:02.guaranteed to lose you bought it is the thought of food prices going up.

:10:03. > :10:08.This is a curious one, because the BBC has revealed tonight that in an

:10:09. > :10:10.amazing coincidence, the Prime Minister has had the leaders of

:10:11. > :10:12.supermarkets in an amazing coincidence, the Prime Minister has

:10:13. > :10:16.had the leaders of supermarkets in to see and to encourage them to

:10:17. > :10:22.speak out on this ago, said the exact opposite of what has been said

:10:23. > :10:27.today. Of course, better together or putting leaflets through the door is

:10:28. > :10:32.suggesting that Tesco was my prices would go after independence, and

:10:33. > :10:41.last weekend, Tesco said that there was not any truth in that. That is a

:10:42. > :10:44.problem, isn't it? Because of that mistake, which they asked you to

:10:45. > :10:48.kick back, people find it harder to believe it when he hears stories

:10:49. > :10:54.about anybody else saying they're putting their prices up. I had

:10:55. > :11:01.Charlie Mayfield, who runs the John Lewis on the phone this morning, and

:11:02. > :11:06.he said that when you're in a place with higher costs, and you are a

:11:07. > :11:09.separate country, so those costs are not shared over the whole of the

:11:10. > :11:14.United Kingdom, with distribution cost that we have and so on, then

:11:15. > :11:18.those costs will be passed directly on to consumers, and I think it is

:11:19. > :11:21.important that people here and these statements from these companies, who

:11:22. > :11:26.make up their own mind about what basic, they are not pushed into it

:11:27. > :11:29.by anybody, they are important businesses in who take decisions in

:11:30. > :11:34.the right way, but what this reveals is that independence would hit you

:11:35. > :11:41.where it hurts, right in the wallet in terms of higher prices, higher

:11:42. > :11:44.taxes, and higher mortgage costs. These are some of the many financial

:11:45. > :11:47.risks that we would all be running this country votes for independence

:11:48. > :11:51.next week. Thank you very much. Today,

:11:52. > :11:53.more than 7500 16 and 17-year-olds took part in one of the biggest

:11:54. > :11:55.televised debates in history. All of them will be able to vote

:11:56. > :12:00.in referendum and many of them Tonight they got to demand some

:12:01. > :12:03.answers from the adults Our political correspondent

:12:04. > :12:14.Lucy Adams was watching. It is not the usual recent working

:12:15. > :12:18.age is not the usual recent porting agers to it has been billed as one

:12:19. > :12:23.of the biggest ever televised political debate in history. 7500

:12:24. > :12:30.young people from across Scotland, from schools in a North, to the

:12:31. > :12:41.south. They are all here to ask how should they vote on I want to find

:12:42. > :12:45.out as much as I can, because I don't know how to vote. I want to

:12:46. > :12:57.know why the Westminster government did not allow devo max to be on the

:12:58. > :13:06.ballot paper? For me, society works from Iraq now in Britain, -- works

:13:07. > :13:13.for me right now in Britain. It is the venue more accustomed to big

:13:14. > :13:17.concerts. This is for young people to be able to scrutinise the

:13:18. > :13:25.campaigns. It is about engagement, and thousands of photographs. Behind

:13:26. > :13:35.me, 500 young people are ready and boys with their questions. They say

:13:36. > :13:41.they came for answers, and the questions came thick and fast. How

:13:42. > :13:46.can you claim we are better together when one in three children in

:13:47. > :13:51.Glasgow are in poverty? We already have an NHS and free education, so

:13:52. > :14:04.why risk everything? Patrick Harvie and restoration fees. -- addressed

:14:05. > :14:11.to wish these. You can be given a deal where you can be given higher

:14:12. > :14:14.education, but if you're going to be in terrible debt by the deadly

:14:15. > :14:20.finish, I think that is a scandal. George Galloway talked about

:14:21. > :14:24.desperation. Children are living in poverty throughout this land, and I

:14:25. > :14:28.am not prepared to slam the door and leave them behind. I am as concerned

:14:29. > :14:34.about food banks in Birmingham or Bradford or Newcastle and Liverpool

:14:35. > :14:42.as I am about them in Glasgow. The most heated debating was between

:14:43. > :14:47.Ruth Davidson and Nicola Sturgeon. The Secretary of State for Scotland

:14:48. > :14:57.said that more powers for Scotland was a red line for Westminster. The

:14:58. > :15:02.question was, who prevented more powers being on the ballot paper,

:15:03. > :15:05.and the answer is the Westminster government, that is why you can't

:15:06. > :15:16.trust them to deliver more powers now? You voted for more powers.

:15:17. > :15:27.Don't tell is that we don't fulfil our promises, because we did.

:15:28. > :15:33.It was too hectic. Everybody was screaming about each other. It's

:15:34. > :15:40.about independence but also our right to vote and have a say. It has

:15:41. > :15:44.awoken something in us. Did anyone when? It seems the audience did.

:15:45. > :15:47.And Lucy is here for us from the side of the Clyde.

:15:48. > :16:00.So far, we have heard an awful lot from politicians and people who are

:16:01. > :16:04.well beyond school age but for these 16 and 17-year-olds, this is about

:16:05. > :16:10.their choice next week, and this is a remarkable thing in that normally,

:16:11. > :16:15.they would not be allowed to vote, so this is unprecedented. Figures

:16:16. > :16:20.suggested that at least 100,016 and 17-year-olds will be voting next

:16:21. > :16:23.week, so for them, it is incredibly important.

:16:24. > :16:27.What else have we learned from these young voters?

:16:28. > :16:37.We learned a lot in terms of their engagement in politics and the BBC

:16:38. > :16:43.also did a questionnaire. More than 1000 responded and they talked

:16:44. > :16:49.about... They were asked to rank the 11 most important issues. Tuition

:16:50. > :16:54.fees was the top issue. After that came the economy. This is ranked

:16:55. > :16:59.generally as an adult's most important issue so it is the fact

:17:00. > :17:04.that all demographics say the economy is what really matters to

:17:05. > :17:09.them. Fifth in that ranking came pensions, which is interesting,

:17:10. > :17:14.given the age of the people. They also talked about the fact that

:17:15. > :17:18.three quarters said celebrity endorsements would not sway their

:17:19. > :17:27.vote one way or the other. Very interesting for an event which is

:17:28. > :17:30.usually for enormous concerts. Politics not normally such a rock

:17:31. > :17:34.'n' roll topic but the referendum is changing all that.

:17:35. > :17:37.Three young adults who were at the debate and will be voting

:17:38. > :17:42.Baraat Boataleb, who is planing to vote Yes, Max Yuill, who's a No,

:17:43. > :17:55.What did you make of the debate? I thought it was very informative. I

:17:56. > :17:59.felt it reinforced my decision. I thought Nicola Sturgeon was very

:18:00. > :18:08.good at fighting for the Yes campaign. You didn't hear other

:18:09. > :18:14.arguments that persuaded you? I didn't think George Galloway was as

:18:15. > :18:22.persuasive. Nicola Sturgeon made a very good argument. Did Nicola

:18:23. > :18:27.Sturgeon stirred you at all? She said interesting things but I think

:18:28. > :18:34.Ruth and George Galloway both made good points to counter it. It

:18:35. > :18:39.confirmed my vote. It was a great day to experience and see first

:18:40. > :18:47.hand. Sarah, did it help you make up your mind at all? To a certain

:18:48. > :18:52.extent, yes. I think Nicola and Ruth were two of the best debaters

:18:53. > :18:57.because they engaged with the audience more than the other two.

:18:58. > :19:06.What will it take to make up your mind? More information. A lot of us

:19:07. > :19:14.don't have... In schools, we don't talk about it. Just some more

:19:15. > :19:16.information. Maybe we'll see all again.

:19:17. > :19:19.Earlier this week, we heard from the Yes campaign supporter Alan Cumming.

:19:20. > :19:21.And tonight, it's the turn of the Scottish businesswoman

:19:22. > :19:25.The first time she voiced her opinions on the referendum,

:19:26. > :19:28.she received a lot of abuse on social media.

:19:29. > :19:31.When I caught up with her in our London studio, I asked how she felt

:19:32. > :19:45.Of course I am nervous but I am so passionate about my country and I

:19:46. > :19:52.just feel, like anyone out there, it's a free country and you should

:19:53. > :19:56.be allowed to express your opinion without being threatened, without

:19:57. > :20:05.being threatened by violence or anything like that. We just can't

:20:06. > :20:10.have the discussion. It doesn't have to turn into anger. You have even

:20:11. > :20:17.said you don't feel safe in Scotland as a result. If anyone was getting

:20:18. > :20:24.the amount of abuse and threats that everyone can see on my Twitter,

:20:25. > :20:28.anyone would be nervous. It's just human nature. It's an interesting

:20:29. > :20:34.feature of this debate that a lot of big businesses have come out and

:20:35. > :20:36.said they support a No vote were as entrepreneurs and small and

:20:37. > :20:41.medium-sized enterprises are more likely to support a Yes vote. You

:20:42. > :20:46.are one of a small number of self starting entrepreneurs who have come

:20:47. > :20:52.out for a No vote. I love being Scottish, tour around the world, I

:20:53. > :20:57.love having business in Scotland. But at the end of the day, I think

:20:58. > :21:03.it will be really hard, not being part of the UK. We don't know what

:21:04. > :21:08.will happen to our Armed Forces or what will bring money into business

:21:09. > :21:14.as well. There are so many questions, Sarah, there have been

:21:15. > :21:19.unanswered. The pound, for me, is a real worry because the Bank of

:21:20. > :21:28.England have said that the pound is not ours. How can we say it is? Once

:21:29. > :21:32.we... If we were to become independent, do we go through all

:21:33. > :21:41.this hassle for two or three years? Meanwhile, right now, people are

:21:42. > :21:46.holding back, saying, don't invest in Scotland until we see what will

:21:47. > :21:51.happen. Inward investment will not happen for many years to come until

:21:52. > :21:56.everything calms down. Will it ever come back? I don't think so. The

:21:57. > :22:00.Scottish Government are promising that if there is independence,

:22:01. > :22:03.corporation tax will always be 3p lower than the rest of the UK. That

:22:04. > :22:14.would be great news for businesses like yours. Yes, but there are so

:22:15. > :22:18.many other things as well. What Gordon Brown has announced is that

:22:19. > :22:23.we will get more power, we can deal with the issues in Scotland but we

:22:24. > :22:28.don't have to vote for independence. It doesn't mean to say that if you

:22:29. > :22:32.vote no because you don't know the questions, you don't know the

:22:33. > :22:36.answers to the question is, it doesn't mean to say that if you vote

:22:37. > :22:40.no, you are not passionate about Scotland. I am so passionate about

:22:41. > :22:44.Scotland and love Scotland to death but I don't think this is the

:22:45. > :22:49.answer. If you vote no, don't think it is saying you don't love

:22:50. > :22:53.Scotland. People have to sit back, look at all the facts, do their

:22:54. > :22:58.homework over the next number of days and have to say, what will this

:22:59. > :23:05.mean for me and my job and the income for my family and inward

:23:06. > :23:10.investment into Scotland and about us losing big contracts that have

:23:11. > :23:14.already been spoken about? Too many issues, too much risk. If there is

:23:15. > :23:20.too much risk in any business, don't do it. Isn't that hard to say that

:23:21. > :23:24.you passionately love Scotland and yet you also say he would leave the

:23:25. > :23:28.country if the vote doesn't go your way? That's my belief and I don't

:23:29. > :23:34.want to be part of something I don't believe in. I am so passionate about

:23:35. > :23:37.Scotland, I can't tell you. I fly the flag everywhere I go but if I

:23:38. > :23:45.don't believe in something, I will not sit around and watch everything

:23:46. > :23:51.crumble. I do love the people of Scotland and Scotland but I really

:23:52. > :23:55.do think that this is a big mistake and I am not saying for one minute

:23:56. > :23:56.that mean making a decision to go will make any difference because it

:23:57. > :23:59.won't. Joining me now to discuss the rest

:24:00. > :24:03.of the day's news are former SNP MSP and now regular co-host of

:24:04. > :24:05.Radio Scotland's Crossfire programme Andrew Wilson and

:24:06. > :24:22.Professor of Public Law and Better Let's talk about this latest poll we

:24:23. > :24:32.have the details of tonight. No on 52% and yes on 48%. Are you

:24:33. > :24:45.surprised? It is not where we have been for a big part of the summer at

:24:46. > :24:50.all. There has been a definitive shift in sentiment towards yes.

:24:51. > :24:53.Whether it is enough remains to be seen but people are buoyant,

:24:54. > :24:57.optimistic and it appears that hope is conquering all the fears we are

:24:58. > :25:01.hearing from politicians from London. This is close to being

:25:02. > :25:06.within the margin of error and it could mean things are absolutely

:25:07. > :25:13.neck and neck. Do you think that is the truth? It's better to be in

:25:14. > :25:23.front and behind. I would rather be 52%, 48% up than down. My view is

:25:24. > :25:28.that this is pretty close. Both camps recognise it is pretty close

:25:29. > :25:32.and both camps are working flat out and the energy is there on both

:25:33. > :25:37.sides. You can see what Labour were doing today when they put 100 MPs on

:25:38. > :25:41.a train up to London and they all came up to Glasgow en masse to come

:25:42. > :25:47.and knock on doors and speak to people in the street. They just

:25:48. > :25:52.about filled up a virgin train. It's something like that, which looked

:25:53. > :26:01.like a stunt, going to help? I don't know. Both campaigns need a lot of

:26:02. > :26:09.Panton mine and fun and colour as well as serious hard work and

:26:10. > :26:13.arguments. In the last five or six days, things will really boil down

:26:14. > :26:17.to whether we have the answers to basic questions. When I go

:26:18. > :26:22.canvassing, that is what folk want to hear, they want to know what the

:26:23. > :26:26.currency will be, what the future security of their kids will be and

:26:27. > :26:33.it is all about... There is lots of televisual stuff and hard work going

:26:34. > :26:36.on and on the street. Our bed together going to spend the next

:26:37. > :26:44.week telling people there are huge economic risks? -- art Better

:26:45. > :26:50.Together. It will reinforce that sense of economic risk for people.

:26:51. > :26:53.Better Together have spent the entire campaign telling people that

:26:54. > :26:58.the world will end tomorrow. They have been caught out each and every

:26:59. > :27:02.time. The banks did not say that. They said they would move their

:27:03. > :27:06.legal entities from Scotland to London but the chief executive of

:27:07. > :27:14.RBS to all staff it would not affect their jobs or operations. You cannot

:27:15. > :27:18.be saying it makes no difference at all where they are headquartered.

:27:19. > :27:23.Eventually, the gravitational pull of the brass plaque in London will

:27:24. > :27:31.mean the company will feel like an Englishman. Let's see what will

:27:32. > :27:34.happen. Hopefully, we will have a vibrant Scottish economy. A big part

:27:35. > :27:39.of the case for yes is that over decades, businesses have left

:27:40. > :27:44.Scotland to relocate to London, talent has left Scotland. We want to

:27:45. > :27:48.tip the playing field back in our direction. What is unforgivable is

:27:49. > :27:52.that the Prime Minister and others will not come up and engage properly

:27:53. > :27:55.with voters but will spend their time using the offices of Downing

:27:56. > :28:03.Street to persuade in control as we found out from Robert Preston

:28:04. > :28:07.tonight to say what they want to say. I don't think people buy it.

:28:08. > :28:13.London woke up to what is happening only this weekend. Their tactics

:28:14. > :28:20.have varied from the almost frenzied, laughable attempts to

:28:21. > :28:27.quite irresponsible. The fact that Andrew is trading in conspiracy

:28:28. > :28:34.theories just shows how panicked the Yes campaign. The No campaign are

:28:35. > :28:44.looking pretty panicked as well. Gordon Brown out every day at the

:28:45. > :28:50.moment. Hinting today he might return to front line politics. I was

:28:51. > :28:53.there to listen to Gordon Brown and he gave an absolutely compelling

:28:54. > :29:00.speech. I will tell you what is driving him back, it is the

:29:01. > :29:05.outrageous lies we have heard in the last 7-12 days from the Yes campaign

:29:06. > :29:08.on the future of the NHS, which is the worst example of scaremongering

:29:09. > :29:13.we have had in the entire campaign. That is what is driving him back to

:29:14. > :29:20.front line politics. Do you think you will stand as a front line MSP?

:29:21. > :29:25.I don't know. The one thing that is clear is that one of the things that

:29:26. > :29:32.has triggered the rise of support for the No campaign in the last

:29:33. > :29:36.couple of weeks is the outrageous lie we have about privatisation of

:29:37. > :29:43.the NHS from the Yes campaign. I don't know where you got that from.

:29:44. > :29:51.Gordon Brown is already a front line politician. Again, it killer is how

:29:52. > :29:55.it all comes to the fore. On the NHS, what is what is true is what we

:29:56. > :29:59.have argued all along, that the budget is at risk. That is why there

:30:00. > :30:03.was a massive demonstration in Trafalgar Square this week. Did we

:30:04. > :30:10.all miss a meeting? There is something going on when the NHS

:30:11. > :30:15.budgets are linked. The truth of it is that Scotland needs to have

:30:16. > :30:19.control over all resources at its disposal so we can take these

:30:20. > :30:24.decisions for ourselves. We don't need to trust the Ed Miliband will

:30:25. > :30:28.beat David Cameron to win the next election because most people in

:30:29. > :30:34.Scotland don't trust either of them. Do you trust the new powers promised

:30:35. > :30:43.by the Unionist parties? Or three Unionist parties have now delivered

:30:44. > :30:46.devolution for Scotland. Voters should absolutely trust in that.

:30:47. > :30:51.I'll be back at the same, early time of 10pm on Monday.

:30:52. > :31:06.more than 400 international competitors.

:31:07. > :31:09.No strangers to battle, all have served their country.

:31:10. > :31:13.Prince Harry has challenged them - now they will challenge each other,

:31:14. > :31:19.pushing their bodies to the limit in the quest for glory.