LONDON (EUROPA PRESS) The Chief Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond , and the leader of the official campaign against independence ‘Better Together’, Alistair Darling , keep Tuesday its first ‘ face to face ‘ televised , a month and a half of that consultation be held on secession.
The Scots are called to the polls on September 18 to respond with a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to the question. “? Should Scotland be an independent country”
Among the supporters of independence highlights Salmond’s Scottish National Party, which is opposite to Conservative and Labour, advocates of the territorial unit.
The two sides will meet on Tuesday –STV– television for the first and, so far, once. Negotiations for a second debate remain open after the Scottish chief minister rejected the dates of 12 and 21 August, according to the Guardian.
In the absence of the effect it may have on the polls ‘face to face’ between Salmond and Darling, the ‘no’ to secession remains the majority choice. A study by ‘The Independent’ from various polls set at 57 percent intend to vote for ‘no’, 14 points above the independence option.
The Chief Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond today faces a crucial televised debate against the leader of the campaign for a “no” to the independence of the region, Alistair Darling, the forthcoming referendum on 18 September.
This highly anticipated face-to-face two-hour broadcast from 19:00 GMT by Scottish channel STV and will be the first live debate between independence leader and the British former minister of Finance in charge of the organization “Better Together” ( “Better Together”), which brings together the major parties in Westminster -Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats -.
With six weeks to the referendum in which Scots will decide whether to remain part UK or prefer an independent nation, the most recent surveys have yielded far better support for unity with the United Kingdom.
however, both parties are confident that the debate tonight help boost your campaigns and conducive platform to persuade them to nearly a million Scots who have not yet decided how to vote.
Salmond has made several efforts for the debate faced him, instead of Darling , with British Prime Minister David Cameron, who has repeatedly refused requests independence leader.
The debate tonight between politicians be held at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, against a audience of 350 people and will be moderated by the head of the chain policy STV Bernard Ponsonby.De face confrontation, supporters of the campaign for a “no” Salmond urged to provide “direct answers” about the impact Scotland would have for an eventual departure from the UK
Blair McDougall, director of the campaign of “Better Together”, told British media today. “Scottish voters hear the debate for independence two years and certainly -consideró- if Alex Salmond had convincing answers about the details of the separation and would have heard. “
The CEO of” Yes Scotland “, Blair Jenkins, said that” the independence is the opportunity of a lifetime of Scots and the campaign for the “yes” is willing to hear the debate. “” We know that Scotland is one of the richest countries in the world with more wealth than the United Kingdom, France and Japan and only the powers offered by voting ‘yes’ will allow us to make this wealth work better for all Scottish “he said
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45 percent of Scots was assured in July they will vote against separation in the UK, compared to 34 percent who are in favor, two points less than in June, according to polls signature ICM.El Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP), which governs most in Scotland, aims to mark a turning point in the debate over the independence referendum to 44 days.
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