Referendum round-up: Borders poll | BBC radio row
TODAY’S MAIN NEWS:
The south of Scotland remains firmly against independence, according to a new opinion poll released last night.
The survey, by ComRes for ITV Border News, found sixty-one per cent of those in Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders plan to vote No. That’s up two per cent from the station’s last poll in January.
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Hide AdIn the day’s other main referendum news, the BBC has been criticised for over plans to pay Labour MSP Kezia Dugdale to co-host a politics show on Radio Scotland, and China’s premier Li Keqiang gave his backing to the UK remaining “strong and united”, his comments coming during a press conference with David Cameron in London.
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
Our Scottish independence site showcases some of the best comment, analysis and opinion from across the web; here are some of the day’s top pieces.
• Edinburgh Napier University academic Piotr Marek Jaworski writes that Scotland should use the Norwegian kronor as currency in the event of a ‘Yes’ vote on independence.
• Former BBC correspondent Angus Roxburgh described the lack of a Scotland-dedicated news bulletin in place of the BBC’s London-based 6pm programme as a “democratic flaw”. Read his article here, via the New Statesman.
• Jonathon Shafi of the Radical Independence Campaign offers a wide-ranging critique of the Westminster system in his call for a ‘Yes’ vote on independence. The comment piece is the latest in a series of independence essays in The Scotsman.
• Edinburgh University’s James Mitchell analyses the success of the ‘Our Islands, Our Future’ campaign, which has successfully negotiated more powers for Scotland’s island communities in the event of independence.
• “24 carat poppycock” - that’s blogger Lallands Peat Worrier’s take on Alistair Carmichael’s claims on devolution. Find out why here.