:00:16. > :00:18.Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers
:00:19. > :00:31.In a minute we will be discussing everything that is in the morning 's
:00:32. > :00:32.newspapers. With me are Richard Walker,
:00:33. > :00:34.editor of the Sunday Herald and of Alex Massie, journalist
:00:35. > :00:38.and blogger for the Spectator. Many
:00:39. > :00:44.of the front pages are already in. And tomorrow's referendum dominates,
:00:45. > :00:47.the Financial Times talks about a moment of truth as a divided
:00:48. > :01:04.nation heads to the polls. A special edition of the Scottish
:01:05. > :01:06.express. It says that Scots are being urged to reject narrow
:01:07. > :01:08.nationalism and save the union. The Union
:01:09. > :01:10.and Saltire flags occupy the Independent which calls the whole
:01:11. > :01:12.campaign, a carnival of democracy The message from the Daily Mirror is
:01:13. > :01:18.clear, don't let the sun set The map
:01:19. > :01:41.of Scotland dominates the Guardian Finally, the daily record lets the
:01:42. > :01:45.younger generation reflect both sides of the campaign and the paper
:01:46. > :01:56.quotes a poem from our greatest son, Robert Burns.
:01:57. > :02:03.Let us turn to our guests. Good evening to you. We should start with
:02:04. > :02:11.the Financial Times, and yours is the paper that has said yes,
:02:12. > :02:14.formerly. We have. That will help people understand where the
:02:15. > :02:17.conversations might go. What are your thoughts about the Financial
:02:18. > :02:21.Times this morning? We have been hearing more and more about this
:02:22. > :02:26.nonsense about a divided country and families torn apart and it is
:02:27. > :02:32.nonsense. It is a country engaged in a hugely important debate that is
:02:33. > :02:33.electric at the moment and the population is incredibly politicised
:02:34. > :02:39.and it has been following and turns of the debate and everyone
:02:40. > :02:45.is talking about it. We are grown up and we can disagree and still be
:02:46. > :02:50.friends in the morning. A divided nation is what the FT calls it, is
:02:51. > :02:55.that fair? It is because the nation will vote one way or the other by
:02:56. > :03:01.the narrowest of margins tomorrow. They talk about beauty and terror
:03:02. > :03:06.which is a reference to the lines by W 8 Yate `` Dudley B Yeats on the
:03:07. > :03:10.Easter rising and no one can complain `` claim it is anything
:03:11. > :03:16.like as divisive and violent as Irish history. Scotland and Ireland
:03:17. > :03:16.a very different places and their journeys about whatever
:03:17. > :03:22.constitutional settlement they end up with have been very different and
:03:23. > :03:24.although it is a lovely line to quote him it is not applicable in
:03:25. > :03:27.this circumstance. I love the reference to the fog of
:03:28. > :03:39.into nationalist is obvious. It is incredible. Although the fog
:03:40. > :03:48.descended over Edinburgh disabling. Indeed! We had a splendid backdrop
:03:49. > :03:50.with Edinburgh Castle. It has well and truly descended. The Independent
:03:51. > :03:58.has a beautiful image on the front page. The 307 year itch. Who knew
:03:59. > :04:03.that Marilyn Munro was appearing in this referendum as well! The
:04:04. > :04:08.Independent is perhaps not the most significant newspaper in Scotland in
:04:09. > :04:14.terms of readership but just like Richard's paper it is beautifully
:04:15. > :04:17.designed. In some ways it gets to the heart of the matter here and in
:04:18. > :04:21.Samways this is a risk `` an argument that has been going on in
:04:22. > :04:27.hearts if not mine is for 300 years. Something was lost in 1707, even if
:04:28. > :04:31.much was gained and even if Scotland votes yes tomorrow it is quite
:04:32. > :04:36.plausible that something will be gained even if correspondingly
:04:37. > :04:40.something would also be lost. A carnival of democracy is
:04:41. > :04:45.interesting. That is exactly what it has been. I was in George Square
:04:46. > :04:47.earlier and it was a party atmosphere. It'll weekend the
:04:48. > :04:56.streets were full of people on the stalls and there were bands
:04:57. > :04:59.discussing the referendum and all sorts of aspects to it. It has been
:05:00. > :05:01.an absolute joy. It has been a fantastic campaign. The Scottish
:05:02. > :05:05.Daily Express talks about the Sun setting on our union with beautiful
:05:06. > :05:12.pictures of flags. The express make it very clear what its thoughts are.
:05:13. > :05:18.The great crusader, as it has always wanted to characterise itself as. I
:05:19. > :05:22.think it is pretty much a front page that people would express from ``
:05:23. > :05:28.expect from the Sunday express. It is a nice image but I do not think
:05:29. > :05:32.it is particularly spectacular or a front page that stirs the emotions
:05:33. > :05:38.either way. It is not a classic front page. This one refers in the
:05:39. > :05:43.story to narrow nationalism and a complete misunderstanding of the
:05:44. > :05:50.debate here but it suits their agenda. Next I think we will go to
:05:51. > :05:55.the mirror if I can find it. Don't leave us this way. Just one flag
:05:56. > :06:04.this time. Yes, the blue has all been taken out. That is clearly a
:06:05. > :06:07.good message to take away tonight. It is not so advisable to take the
:06:08. > :06:11.blue out of the flag and if you are going to do with photo shop you
:06:12. > :06:15.might do it a little bit better! I cannot really disagree with that.
:06:16. > :06:19.This front page seems to be a photo shop of the same chap holding up the
:06:20. > :06:25.flag that is on the Daily Express front page which suggests a degree
:06:26. > :06:33.of, well, a lack of creative thinking on the part of these art
:06:34. > :06:37.directors. This has the union flag with the blue of Scotland taken out
:06:38. > :06:41.of it and it is a union flag with no room for Wales which is a little
:06:42. > :06:45.unfair. Presumably the fact the blue was taken out is supposed to terrify
:06:46. > :06:50.us so we know that it mustn't look like that so we must vote no.
:06:51. > :07:00.The Guardian has a very simple front page, pictorially, talking about
:07:01. > :07:03.Scotland's 4.2 million voters with 15 hours to decide. A helpful
:07:04. > :07:09.reminder of what Scotland looks like. Indeed. That is a front page
:07:10. > :07:16.which says, we don't know what to say. Here is a map of Scotland. Day
:07:17. > :07:19.of destiny. I am not saying that you couldn't get more cliched and
:07:20. > :07:25.stereotypical, but he would have to work quite hard to do so. Perhaps
:07:26. > :07:33.there is a bit more inside. You would hope so. From their own point
:07:34. > :07:36.of view, if nobody else's. Right. Well, we will go through the front
:07:37. > :07:42.pages and the interiors in somewhat more depth later on. Thank you for
:07:43. > :07:47.now. We will have much more on that in the next hour, and also, I should
:07:48. > :07:54.say that we will be talking to YouGov later on as well about the
:07:55. > :08:10.latest opinion polls. Now, let's head to Sportsday.
:08:11. > :08:13.Good evening. Let's start with football. Manchester City faced the
:08:14. > :08:17.tougher of the two matches involving the two English teams competing in
:08:18. > :08:21.the Champions League tonight. They are playing the German champions,
:08:22. > :08:22.Bayern Munich, in the opening match of the group stages. The English
:08:23. > :08:23.champions at