01/08/2014 Scotland Decides

Now on BBC News, Scotland Decides: Review of the Week,

Hello and welcome to Scotland Decides:

This week, referendum campaigning takes a back

seat, as the Commonwealth Games dominate across Scotland and beyond,

Both a Yes or a No vote could move thousands to leave Scotland,

And the Edinburgh Fringe bursts onto the

stage today, but will the referendum be a source of inspiration?

For the last two years, the headlines across Scotland have

This week, politicians and journalists seem to

The Commonwealth Games and Scotland's medal successes have

been the nation's main talking point and politics have been wiped

That was until a Team Scotland supporter, who also wanted to show

her allegiance to the independence campaign during a swimming event,

It states clearly in the organisers' guidelines that

political messages or symbols are not allowed within venues.

"Why aren't 'Yes' saltire flags allowed at the Commonwealth Games?

Biggest event in Scotland's history ` why should

And Hunky Dory tweeted, "Desecration of the Saltire if it's

We heard from video blogger and Yes campaigner,

Stephen Paton and Ian Smart, who's a Labour supporting blogger.

If you look back to Article seven of the Commonwealth Games constitution,

it is clear the games are about no dissemination towards the politics

you follow. To have someone thrown out of the summing pool for waving a

flag with a symbol on it makes no sense. The First Minister declared

his own self`denying ordinance that he was not going to talk about

politics during the games, so if Alex Salmond does not think they

should be permitted a lot `` blitz sized, surely they should not be in

it? Ella Makro it is just someone taking is all tied to the games that

had a yes symbol on it, showing where they stand. It is not a grand

gesture. Would you be asked to take your badge off if you went to the

Commonwealth Games? If I was down the stairs being interviewed by

Clare Balding about which gold medal I had once again `` I had one

today, I would not wear a political symbol. Is it right people are asked

to take the political statement of? You suggested it only happened to

one side but on both sides people have been told not to politicise the

games which is right. It brings us to the point that we were talking

about, keeping politics out of the games, and wings over Scotland had a

cartoon that said there was an elephant in the room, regardless of

how much we say it is not about the games on politics, everything this

summer is about politics. Are the games going to make a difference to

how Scotland feels, if the Scottish people a boost of self`confidence,

so if they have a great games, maybe they can run their own country? Some

of the crazier elements of the Nationalists clearly hope the games

would consider Bradley Wiggins and Laura Trott getting booed on the

street, bearing the colours of the hated oppressor but the vast

majority of the people, whatever they think, want to have a good time

at a sporting event. Do I think it will make a great difference to the

outcome of the referendum? Not at all. Alan Bissett has said and in

grade inferiority, Lex was the biggest obstacle to a vote for

Scottish independence and he thinks we might have got over that with the

Glasgow games. Do you think it will make a difference? I don't think it

will make much of a difference. There has been something to suggest

that the buzz died down quite quickly afterwards. But at the same

time, people are coming here for the games and a lot of people will be

looking at them, and seeing that the country is coming here were once

British colonies and they are now independent countries who are doing

quite well by themselves. It has to be framed within that context in a

lot of ways. The Sunday Times claimed this week

that thousands on both sides of the fence might consider leaving

Scotland as a result In a Panelbase survey for the

newspaper, 17% of those polled said they would think about leaving the

country if it became independent. At the same time, the poll found

that 5% of those asked would consider moving away from Scotland

if there is a no vote. Meanwhile nearly three`quarters

of those polled said they would stay Now, time for our weekly look

at the latest polling. Once don't knows are excluded,

the Yes vote was at 43%. That's according to an average

of six polls taken over the past month, calculated by

the What Scotland Thinks website. Let's take a look at some

of the other stories making the news this week in Scotland's

independence debate. Speaking in the Herald, Alistair Carmichael said a

stronger presence was needed in Westminster. Nationalists have been

allowed to hollow out the role United Kingdom government. The Royal

Bank of Scotland has repeated its warning of a material adverse effect

on its business, if Scotland votes in favour of independence. It

claimed independence would be bad for business and potentially bad for

Scotland in the European Union. And the financial times claimed was

Minster has been deliberate leak downplaying the potential ``

Westminster. It said as a result, North Sea oil was particularly worth

a look for wealthy investors. It is Edinburgh, and with more than

3000 acts to on the city, it has to be festival time. Of course, it is

hard to imagine that many of them will not refer to the referendum,

may be using it as a little bit of inspiration. Cafu Mayland

the fringe, as I think your viewers know, is an open access festival,

which means we are not in charge of deciding who comes, we don't

programme the festival. Anyone who wants to come, can. It is a great

place for people to get their voices heard so themes will emerge. They

are already emerging. Lots about the referendum as you would imagine that

lots of other things, commemorating the beginning of World War I. Lots

of other things around society, and politics, and also lots of things

that are just great fun. From stage to screen, and Scotland has had its

share of big`screen success over the years, but are we doing enough to

promote film opportunities in this country? The Scottish Government

says that independence would allow tax incentives to be extended, to

attract major productions, and they are promising an announcement on a

film studio later this summer. But could we be doing more, and have got

what it takes? Our correspondence Glen Campbell has been to Vancouver,

called the Hollywood of the north, to find out what lessons we can

learn from them. A world of looks. That is how

Vancouver sells itself the filmmakers.

Perhaps that is why this city is home to one of the biggest film

industries outside of Los Angeles. Established in the late 70s, it now

employs 30,000 people. This beautiful city is sometimes known as

Hollywood North, because such a lot of film and television is made here.

But could Scotland create a tartan Tinseltown by following Vancouver's

example? Some of Scotland's best`known films were made back in

the 90s. Sons of Scotland, I am William Wallace... And arguably were

not very Scottish at all. Much of Braveheart was filmed in Ireland.

More recently, Scotland has set itself up as a location for

international productions, set elsewhere. In 2011, Glasgow was

transformed into an apocalyptic Philadelphia for the Brad Pitt

blockbuster, world War Z. The Scottish Government says the sector

is still lagging behind its rivals, with one estimate providing as few

as 60 people work in from production full`time. So, what can we learn

from Canada's example? Well, back in Vancouver, North Shore productions

has had one of the busiest years on record. They have made hundreds of

films and TV series, mostly for the American market. The boss here says

while tax incentives help, having a permanence Judeo space is essential

to grow a film industry. I think one of the things the studio did is it

gave some television studios here so that we have training cruise around

and other facilities around that were getting built. It is really

about getting that infrastructure going, getting it built, and that

may require a studio. I would say it would. Starting to attract those

cruise where they can deliberately earn a living and stay all year

round. Vancouver's indigenous industry is growing, but can

Scotland follow its example? Attracting major productions, whilst

still nurturing home`grown films? Can Hollywood really help to create

a Scottish Hollywood? The Scottish Government's Cabinet

Secretary for culture, Fiona Hyslop, told the BBC that independence would

boost the film industry here, and she insists it is about more than

having a permanent studio based here. Unidirectional you have

facilities for the larger films but you also need to grow your own

talent, and talent and skills are an important part of the infrastructure

of the film industry and we want to be to do that. You can only do it

with independence. But Labour's spokesman Patricia

Ferguson says more can be done to improve the film industry without

leaving the union. There is nothing to stop the government under the

current settlement having that studio, taking advantage of the tax

break UK Government is already providing, and making sure that

skilled people who want to stay in Scotland can do that, and that we

can attract people from abroad to come and work here, and get the

money coming into the country that this kind of filming happens. If you

feel you want more information, all of the arguments for and against

independence, and you want to find out more about the referendum, even

if it is about how to register to vote, you can go to the website.

That is it for now. Yes, we have had the game is all week and it is the

first. Think we are all feeling in a jovial mood. We will have more on

the festival and perhaps of those independence referendum inspired

plays next week. We will have the latest headlines in

a moment, now the latest from Gaza. The death toll today, 53 people have

been killed so far today, another 200 injured, bringing the overall

death toll to