:00:00. > :00:17.And Greg Norman as he plans to be back playing golf next month.
:00:18. > :00:20.Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing
:00:21. > :00:22.us tomorrow. Joining us from Glasgow this evening is Torcuil Crichton the
:00:23. > :00:29.Westminster Editor for the Daily Record and here with me in London is
:00:30. > :00:32.the Guardian columnist Hugh Muir. The Daily Telegraph reports women
:00:33. > :00:39.could prove the decisive factor in the Independence vote, according to
:00:40. > :00:42.their latest poll. The Times says David Cameron has no
:00:43. > :00:47.regrets over his handling of the Scottish referendum.
:00:48. > :00:52.The Scottish Daily highlights that the future of the Union lies in the
:00:53. > :00:55.hands of Scottish voters this week. The Independent also reflects on the
:00:56. > :00:59.growing tensions surrounding the campaigns ahead of Thursday's vote.
:01:00. > :01:03.As well as reporting on the referendum ` the Guardian carries a
:01:04. > :01:07.story that US ground troops could be sent to Iraq. The Metro has the
:01:08. > :01:18.story of the families of two Britons paying tribute to their loved ones,
:01:19. > :01:23.who were killed in a Thai resort. Alex Salmond has called for a final
:01:24. > :01:27.push with the polls being too close to call.
:01:28. > :01:30.With the Scottish Sun giving their own take on the battle for the yes
:01:31. > :01:35.and no votes ahead of Thursday's referendum.
:01:36. > :01:44.We are going to start with the Scotsman. The poll has no in the
:01:45. > :01:50.lead, but he is closing the gap. 48 against 52%. That is well within the
:01:51. > :01:54.margin of error. It absolutely is. This poll shows yes closing the gap.
:01:55. > :02:04.It is only one of three polls tonight. The Scotsman has 52`48. The
:02:05. > :02:09.Telegraph has 52 `48. The Telegraph has 52`48. `` Daily Mail has a
:02:10. > :02:18.52`48. Just 48 hours until this is all
:02:19. > :02:26.over. Scotland still does not know its future. Scotland does not know
:02:27. > :02:33.its future. The English and the Northern Ireland do not know what
:02:34. > :02:40.the union is going to look like. Given how far the no campaign was,
:02:41. > :02:44.should it have been this way? We did not think it would get this close.
:02:45. > :02:51.It has been a pretty deficient no campaign. The SNP have run a
:02:52. > :02:58.brilliant campaign. They have. Alex Salmond is a formidable campaigner.
:02:59. > :03:06.The no campaign was too technocratic in a way. This was a story about
:03:07. > :03:08.Britain and the unity of Britain and making the case to Scotsman about
:03:09. > :03:13.there being something valuable to remain part of. I am not sure that
:03:14. > :03:20.case was ever made until the past few days. The problem the no
:03:21. > :03:25.campaign has is almost everything it says, everything it offers and has
:03:26. > :03:30.been offering just looks like a panic measure. It is easy for Alex
:03:31. > :03:37.Salmond to characterise it as a panic measure. It should never have
:03:38. > :03:42.got into this. The no campaign might just get in over the line. In a way,
:03:43. > :03:47.the yes campaign have already won. This is not going to go away. Unless
:03:48. > :03:58.the no campaign when big, and it probably will not. Britain has got
:03:59. > :04:03.talent against the X factor. Alistair Darling on the left, Alex
:04:04. > :04:06.Salmond on the right. It is not Alistair Darling who has been
:04:07. > :04:14.leading the charge. It has been Gordon Brown. A still trusted voice
:04:15. > :04:21.in Scotland. A very prominent figure, Gordon Brown. David Cameron
:04:22. > :04:30.has been passionate about the union. All the focus groups show them that
:04:31. > :04:39.people in Scotland did not look back at the UK and the sentimental
:04:40. > :04:48.feeling of the history together. It was mostly about how it will affect
:04:49. > :04:53.their pocket. There is that emotional resonance. That appeal to
:04:54. > :04:58.solidarity and social justice. These things have been stolen from labour.
:04:59. > :05:05.They needed to get Gordon Brown back in. The front page of the sun is
:05:06. > :05:10.very interesting. For those viewers who have not been brought up on a
:05:11. > :05:16.diet of the Sunday Post, that reference is a diminutive friendly
:05:17. > :05:23.reference to Alex. It is Britain's got talent against the X factor.
:05:24. > :05:31.Rupert Murdoch has not called that. He usually backs winners, he always
:05:32. > :05:40.backs winners. It is so close that he has not jumped on either side. He
:05:41. > :05:49.flew into Scotland on the weekend, Aberdeen, Glasgow, every pub, every
:05:50. > :05:56.coffee shop, every overheard conversation is about one subject.
:05:57. > :06:11.The referendum. Scotland is boiling over. Even then, the Sage of the Sun
:06:12. > :06:17.could not call it. Briefly, sticking with the Scottish Sun, the effect of
:06:18. > :06:23.Gordon Brown. Across the country, they did not trust him to run the
:06:24. > :06:29.country. And yet he could be the man who saves the union. It was a slip
:06:30. > :06:32.of the tongue when he said he would save the world and it did not
:06:33. > :06:41.happen. That he could save the union. He does have that passion. I
:06:42. > :06:48.do not see why it was necessary to have a very managerial approach of
:06:49. > :06:53.Alistair Darling on his own. You could have had alongside it someone
:06:54. > :07:03.who could give a speech, who could communicate. You campaign in poetry
:07:04. > :07:06.and govern in prose. I do not see the Alistair Darling as much of a
:07:07. > :07:13.poet. It is interesting about politics. In terms of timing, people
:07:14. > :07:19.really want to lift the spirits, rise above and allow us to have
:07:20. > :07:26.thoughts about who we are and why. Instead we have been talking about
:07:27. > :07:38.the money. The finances, the currency. They have not done
:07:39. > :07:43.anything in terms of politics. He was in England would not have seen
:07:44. > :07:46.the first debate. Alistair Darling won that one. He scored a massive
:07:47. > :07:55.hit against Alex Salmond. Alex Salmond was staggered. Alex Salmond
:07:56. > :07:59.got his act together for the second debate. That was seen across the UK.
:08:00. > :08:07.That change to be moved backwards back towards the yes campaign. ``
:08:08. > :08:11.changed the mood. It has been backwards and forwards. Across
:08:12. > :08:21.Scotland, across the press, every day. A dour ground war campaign
:08:22. > :08:27.would never allow the no campaign to win. They might just get a very
:08:28. > :08:31.narrow vote that creates problems in narrow vote that creates problems in
:08:32. > :08:39.the future. Let us go to the Daily Mirror. Scottish referendum turns
:08:40. > :08:46.nasty as Ed Miliband talks about intimidation of no supporters. This
:08:47. > :08:54.just goes to show just how intense the campaign is going to be with one
:08:55. > :09:01.day to go. Absolutely. It is sad that these accusations are being
:09:02. > :09:08.thrown of bullying and claim and counter claim. Given how important
:09:09. > :09:14.this is, I suppose we cannot be surprised that people will do what
:09:15. > :09:23.they can to get an advantage. Ed Miliband's appeal for calm, saying,
:09:24. > :09:27.let us keep this civilised. It has been reasonably civilised on the
:09:28. > :09:32.streets. But given just what it means for Scotland and the rest of
:09:33. > :09:39.the country, one is not surprised there is a little bit of jostling.
:09:40. > :09:43.You are in Scotland at the moment. How would you characterise the
:09:44. > :09:51.campaign over the last few days? Has it a little bit nasty or aggressive?
:09:52. > :10:00.Absolutely. It was not pleasant at all. There was a mood of
:10:01. > :10:09.intolerance. Whenever a labour politician gathered, there would be
:10:10. > :10:20.ambushed by yes supporters. It happens to Gordon Brown, it happens
:10:21. > :10:29.to Ed Miliband. We had the battle in Glasgow where MPs were mobbed in
:10:30. > :10:41.Central Station. There was a shout of. People are passionate, it is
:10:42. > :10:51.important. Politics in Scotland has been turned into people yelling yes
:10:52. > :10:58.or no at each other. We saw it when Jim Murphy on his soapbox, he
:10:59. > :11:15.realised the crowds were organised against him. I think there will be a
:11:16. > :11:20.real need for the Labour Party to reassess its self. It is revealing
:11:21. > :11:29.that labour seems to be getting just as much antagonism as the Tories.
:11:30. > :11:34.You would expect it of the Tories. But labour should have considerable
:11:35. > :11:42.support. But that has not really happened. Going to the record. The
:11:43. > :11:48.front page that. Dad was a proud son of Scotland. That is why he would
:11:49. > :12:00.have said no. Alex Salmond above him. The first day of the country.
:12:01. > :12:08.It is the collapse of Labour support that has seen the success in this
:12:09. > :12:14.battle so far. The yes side could never went on just SNP support
:12:15. > :12:20.alone. They needed an alliance across the spectrum. We have seen
:12:21. > :12:27.support from the hard left in Scotland. In the last couple of
:12:28. > :12:33.weeks, when Alex Salmond was pushing the idea of staying in the union a
:12:34. > :12:42.dangerous threat, he got the Labour vote. It will be seen how successful
:12:43. > :12:54.it has been. Scotland has been on a knife edge. 51`49. Almost too close
:12:55. > :13:04.to call. There have been some Labour voters for years who have been
:13:05. > :13:10.pulled across. We are just going to go briefly to the Guardian and your
:13:11. > :13:17.paper. US ground troops will join Iraq is in ISIS fight. President
:13:18. > :13:21.Obama said there would be no military action on the ground. Now
:13:22. > :13:26.the defence chief has said it will happen if things have to change.
:13:27. > :13:31.That would be very significant. He really has to move very carefully
:13:32. > :13:38.with the American public. He may just about able to get by with
:13:39. > :13:47.airstrikes. The idea of more than that, it is going to be something
:13:48. > :13:51.that people will be wary of. Martin Dempsey has been saying that
:13:52. > :14:00.possibly they could have ground troops. Maybe he was just answering
:14:01. > :14:05.a question honestly. If it does not work, the next logical thing to have
:14:06. > :14:11.to do is to put boots on the ground. But it will be a big step. And one
:14:12. > :14:20.suspects he might have to go to Congress about that. That is what
:14:21. > :14:26.this is all about. The pressure to be the Chiefs of staff telling the
:14:27. > :14:33.politicians that he could see a time when US troops might have to be put
:14:34. > :14:40.on the ground. There are already several trips in a supporting role.
:14:41. > :14:49.Against ISIS. He thinks he could see a forward operating role for these
:14:50. > :15:03.troops. These bombing attacks against ISIS. Slowly, surely. All
:15:04. > :15:09.right. I am going to have the car to offer. Thank you so much for joining
:15:10. > :15:18.us. `` have to cut you off. Thank you. It is
:15:19. > :15:22.at the top of the owl, two days to go before Scotland decide its
:15:23. > :15:45.future. Hello and welcome to Sportsday. I'm
:15:46. > :15:48.John Watson. Coming up on the programme: Liverpool begin their
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