:00:00. > :00:00.the squad. We hear from surveys Brailsford saying Bradley Wiggins is
:00:00. > :00:16.close to organising a new contract with Team Sky. That is coming up
:00:17. > :00:19.after the papers in 15 minutes. Hello and welcome to our look ahead
:00:20. > :00:22.to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me live from
:00:23. > :00:27.Glasgow is Journalist Ruth Wishart, and academic and former government
:00:28. > :00:34.advisor, Zamila Bunglawala. Tomorrow's front pages.
:00:35. > :00:37.Scotland continues to dominate them with the Telegraph leading on the
:00:38. > :00:45.prime minister's plea in Aberdeen for Scotland to stay in the UK.
:00:46. > :00:48.David Cameron is also pictured on the front of the Guardian, which
:00:49. > :00:55.describes how the Prime Minister highlighted concerns of what he said
:00:56. > :01:01.would be a painful divorce. The Herald leads with a speech and a
:01:02. > :01:04.headline, heartbroken if you leave. The daily record has a pledge by the
:01:05. > :01:07.main parties in Westminster to extend more powers to Scotland if
:01:08. > :01:11.the country votes no, calling it 'The Vow'.
:01:12. > :01:13.The front page of the Mirror has a different story, leading on the
:01:14. > :01:23.murder of two young British backpackers who were found dead on a
:01:24. > :01:26.beach in Thailand. Meanwhile, the Times turns its attention to an
:01:27. > :01:29.admission by the Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond that the security
:01:30. > :01:31.services don't know the whereabouts of Alan Henning, the British hostage
:01:32. > :01:35.held by Islamic State militants. The fate of Mr Henning also makes
:01:36. > :01:38.the front of the Independent, with the claim that rival extremists in
:01:39. > :01:41.Al Qaeda tried to stop IS from abducting aid workers. And finally,
:01:42. > :01:44.the Daily Mail splashes on the cancer doctor in Cambridge who's
:01:45. > :01:51.alleged to have preyed on more than 800 sick children.
:01:52. > :02:02.We will start with Scotland and the Times. Unionists outgunned in final
:02:03. > :02:08.push for Scotland. 48 hours to go. The Yes campaign have more cash to
:02:09. > :02:13.spend. Fascinating. In this final push, the pro campaign will blitz
:02:14. > :02:18.Scotland with posters, billboards, and the Better Together campaign say
:02:19. > :02:24.they will be doing this. It is hard to understand. If it is on a knife
:02:25. > :02:32.edge, the Better Together campaign say they will do less media work.
:02:33. > :02:36.John Curtice, from Strathclyde, said it is easy to say that the Yes
:02:37. > :02:40.campaign has won this media battle in convincing people through posters
:02:41. > :02:46.and reaching the kitchen table in terms of conversation. It is hard
:02:47. > :02:55.when we are in the final votes, maybe the Better Together back
:02:56. > :03:03.campaign is an... Is it strange to you that they say they will back off
:03:04. > :03:07.a little bit? There is subtext because what happened early on is
:03:08. > :03:12.the Yes campaign bought up a lot of billboards sometime before now. They
:03:13. > :03:16.bought them specifically for this part of the campaign. Better
:03:17. > :03:23.together aren't backing off, they are having trouble finding space.
:03:24. > :03:26.Interesting. The Yes campaign have looked ahead, seen the billboard
:03:27. > :03:32.spaces and advertising and bought it up. They have bought up a
:03:33. > :03:37.substantial number. I saw a lot of them on the way to the studio and it
:03:38. > :03:41.is an arresting poster. It's a baby's hand in a big hand, saying
:03:42. > :03:48.Scotland's future in Scotland's hands. Speaking as a driver, I am
:03:49. > :03:54.not sure how much people pay attention. Marketers will be happy.
:03:55. > :04:00.Indeed. The Daily Mail, Prime Minister to Scots, don't go, I won't
:04:01. > :04:06.be here for ever. Is that the kind of message that will resonate? It is
:04:07. > :04:11.a mirror image of the other campaign. The Prime Minister is
:04:12. > :04:16.saying, don't break up because even if you don't like me or the Tories,
:04:17. > :04:27.famously, we only have one Tory MP in Scotland, this is temporary. Alex
:04:28. > :04:31.Salmond says the same thing. That No campaign have tried to hang the Yes
:04:32. > :04:37.campaign on the personality of Alex Salmond which is a polarising one.
:04:38. > :04:41.Alex Salmond's team has said that it isn't about the SNP or about Alex
:04:42. > :04:46.Salmond, he won't be there for ever, the Scots can vote for the work they
:04:47. > :04:50.want to in May 2016, so don't make it all about Alex Salmond. Both
:04:51. > :04:57.camps are saying not to personalise it but to look at it in terms of the
:04:58. > :05:02.big picture. Has it gone too far? Has it become a campaign of
:05:03. > :05:06.personalities? That is quite possibly the case. Both sides have
:05:07. > :05:10.made the argument that it isn't about one man or a one party but the
:05:11. > :05:17.way the campaigns have been run, it feels that way. The PM has said,
:05:18. > :05:22.don't make this an anti` Tory protest vote. That is what it might
:05:23. > :05:29.come down to four undecided people. Especially for yes voters as well.
:05:30. > :05:34.`` for undecided. We shouldn't blame the Prime Minister for all of this.
:05:35. > :05:38.He made an impassioned plea at this late hour. That might sway some
:05:39. > :05:44.voters. It will be interesting to see. He reminded everybody on the
:05:45. > :05:50.currency, passports, and pensions issue. In the emotion there is the
:05:51. > :05:58.message about what will happen if the referendum doesn't go the way
:05:59. > :06:01.the Tories want it to. Let's not forget that, uniquely in
:06:02. > :06:06.contemporary politics, not this time round it is a bout party politics.
:06:07. > :06:13.There has been a push to register voters `` about. People have wanted
:06:14. > :06:16.to have there it ability to write registered in Scotland. Tens of
:06:17. > :06:23.thousands haven't voted in the last two or three elections. `` to
:06:24. > :06:29.register. That is hard for either camp to engage. For a democracy is a
:06:30. > :06:34.fantastic way to show how a campaign can be run. The electorate is
:06:35. > :06:38.signing up to vote. That is a good thing for any democracy. Lessons
:06:39. > :06:44.should be learned from this in terms of how future campaigns should be
:06:45. > :06:59.run. The referendum in callback was 97%. A lot is at stake. `` Quebec.
:07:00. > :07:03.Menacing thugs who bully in the referendum debate shouldn't
:07:04. > :07:09.influence voters according to a Cabinet minister, Alistair
:07:10. > :07:20.Carmichael. Is he on to something? Has the campaign, from the yes
:07:21. > :07:27.side, being abrasive? `` been. The Daily Mail, in its incarnations,
:07:28. > :07:34.isn't a stranger to hyperbole. This is an irresponsible front`page based
:07:35. > :07:39.on nothing... I won't read the quotes. The people flagged as
:07:40. > :07:43.claiming some kind of intimidation are anonymous apart from a few
:07:44. > :07:51.politicians. It is anecdotal and wildly exaggerated. I have spent
:07:52. > :07:53.most of the last few weeks going to various meetings and demonstrations
:07:54. > :07:59.and I have seen nothing of this kind. I suspect that neither has
:08:00. > :08:04.Alistair Carmichael. I suspect he is being used because he is a decent
:08:05. > :08:09.chap, used by the paper to fan flames of hatred. It is wholly
:08:10. > :08:13.irresponsible of them. There has been a lot of anecdotal evidence of
:08:14. > :08:18.people turning up to pick up their kids at school and if there is the
:08:19. > :08:22.suggestion that they will vote no, vote for the union, they are told
:08:23. > :08:26.they are bad parents. All of this stuff is flying around. Is it here
:08:27. > :08:34.say put out by both sides to discredit the other? `` heresay. In
:08:35. > :08:39.such an impassioned referendum, those headlines will arise. This is
:08:40. > :08:44.an alarmist headline. Not showing the picture in any shape or form or
:08:45. > :08:47.how graphic might be. In any democracy, we have to have free and
:08:48. > :08:52.fair elections and people should feel comfortable which ever way they
:08:53. > :08:54.want to vote. We have private voting. People should vote whichever
:08:55. > :09:04.way they want and not feel intimidated. This is too alarmist
:09:05. > :09:08.and extreme. The line on top says sinister rise in threats and
:09:09. > :09:15.intimidation. Sinister? This is ludicrous. Unless you count people
:09:16. > :09:19.having a singsong, proclaimed songs of intimidation, I don't know what
:09:20. > :09:25.they are all about. It depends on what you think of The Proclaimers.
:09:26. > :09:28.The front page of the Times. We are powerless to save the hostage. This
:09:29. > :09:38.is the former taxi driver, Alan Henning, who is in the control of
:09:39. > :09:42.Islamic State. It looks as if it will be difficult to get him out
:09:43. > :09:46.alive. It does. The Defence Secretary says, we don't know where
:09:47. > :09:52.he is. While the efforts will be made to find him, if we can't locate
:09:53. > :09:57.him, it will be impossible. There was a Paris conference where
:09:58. > :10:00.countries have rallied around suggesting something needs to be
:10:01. > :10:04.done, whether it is strikes in Syria, we don't know. That would
:10:05. > :10:11.have legal complications without UN backing. Something has to be done
:10:12. > :10:14.because we have lost a British hostage as well as other countries
:10:15. > :10:18.have lost people in this. If we don't know where they are, it proves
:10:19. > :10:23.difficult. A military campaign looks like it will happen soon. What that
:10:24. > :10:28.will do for this particular man we don't know. For his family, having
:10:29. > :10:33.seen what has happened to Mr Haynes, it will be disturbing. We saw what
:10:34. > :10:43.happened to your countrymen, David Haines last week at the hands of
:10:44. > :10:47.this organisation in Iraq, of course the British government's policy will
:10:48. > :10:51.be that it won't negotiate with terrorists, but we know that the
:10:52. > :10:58.French for instance have paid money in order to release their nationals.
:10:59. > :11:01.`` Mr Haines. What would the view, I don't know his opinion, but what
:11:02. > :11:06.would Alex Salmond's view be if he controlled foreign policy in
:11:07. > :11:10.Scotland? I don't know the answer to that in terms of the hostage
:11:11. > :11:18.situation. His only recent statement has been to say that he wouldn't be
:11:19. > :11:21.involved in airstrike campaign War foreign military unless it was
:11:22. > :11:34.backed by the UN, Estancia took over the original Iraq war `` or. If we
:11:35. > :11:39.employed airstrikes, where? `` a stand. If we killed people on the
:11:40. > :11:44.ground, that would encourage the radicalisation of other young men,
:11:45. > :11:49.which is a horrible organisation not open to logic or persuasion. If we
:11:50. > :11:53.go to the front page of the Independent, Al Qaeda tried to stop
:11:54. > :11:59.the kidnapped of Alan Henning `` kidnap. The point must be made clear
:12:00. > :12:06.that Al Qaeda despises Islamic State and vice`versa. Al Qaeda believes
:12:07. > :12:10.that Islamic State is too extreme. It echoes what happened in summer
:12:11. > :12:14.when Boko Haram kidnapped those young girls from school. Al Qaeda
:12:15. > :12:18.made a similar statement which was, you are going too far. This isn't
:12:19. > :12:22.serving because we asked supposedly trying to fight for. It's in tune
:12:23. > :12:30.with what happened earlier in summer because it is an innocent aid worker
:12:31. > :12:36.who has been taken. There is a lot of international media attention as
:12:37. > :12:41.well. It's counter`productive and not Islamic. Something's happening
:12:42. > :12:45.in these factions between different communities of Islam, saying, we
:12:46. > :12:48.don't want to be as extreme as you because it is counter`productive to
:12:49. > :12:53.our cause. This case is an aid worker. Who is it supposed to be
:12:54. > :12:58.helping? It is confusing in terms of who we think is extreme and who is a
:12:59. > :13:04.moderate? Alan Henning gave up his job as a taxi driver to go out and
:13:05. > :13:08.ferry aid supplies. David Haines was also an aid worker. It's difficult
:13:09. > :13:24.to get your head around what exactly Islamic State is up to.
:13:25. > :13:36.pretty pass when Al Qaeda are being characterised as the moderates.
:13:37. > :13:42.unsavoury history as well, I think we're in uncharted waters now. Going
:13:43. > :13:48.to the Sun, and Ruth, this says it all. Bottom Line, Scotland poll
:13:49. > :13:57.latest, a verdict from the heavens. This is the Lord's speaking, Ruth?
:13:58. > :14:05.Does he get a vote? Scotland is gone. A nonbeliever, I don't know if
:14:06. > :14:14.she is speaking or not. Is she in the? She is probably black as well.
:14:15. > :14:19.Let's not go there. I have to say however that in a world of photo
:14:20. > :14:25.shopping, I think the Lord might have had less to do with it. To you
:14:26. > :14:32.think that is what this is? Clearly a cynic. I live in a world of cloud
:14:33. > :14:38.machines, so that is also possible. A fantastic graphic. Showing people
:14:39. > :14:44.what could be possible. It is not the end of the world. Well done the
:14:45. > :14:54.chaps at the Sun, and the Adobe photo shop machine. That is it for
:14:55. > :14:59.the papers, stay with us on BBC News. At the top of the hour more on
:15:00. > :15:03.the referendum as the big day draws ever closer. We will have analysis
:15:04. > :15:06.and last`minute efforts by both sides ahead of Thursday's vote. Now,
:15:07. > :15:12.Sportsday.