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lorna slater, thank you. now we turn to i slater, thank you.ust you with their vote? irate why should people trust you with their vote?— their vote? we are still battling throu~h their vote? we are still battling through the _ their vote? we are still battling through the health _ their vote? we are still battling through the health and - their vote? we are still battling. through the health and economic crisis, and we have to focus on rebuilding scotland. and focus on delivering opportunities for the next generation. like my wee boy, alistair, like your kids and grandkids, your nieces and nephews. all the parties tonight are talking about recovery, but there's one big difference — the snp want to take us through another device of independent referendum and the scottish conservatives want to stop them. the future of our country is at stake, so if you want to stop that referendum, protectjobs, that referendum, protect jobs, restore that referendum, protectjobs, restore schools and rebuild scotland's economy, then vote scottish conservative.- sco

miss sturgeon will argue and will be largely backed by lorna slater from the greens, will pursue thee wake of the pandemic, scotland needs to become independent because that is the only way in which it will be able to achieve the recovery that is necessary. in contrast, and asked sarwar for labour and douglas necessary. in contrast, and asked sarwarfor labour and douglas ross for the conservatives and willie rennie for the liberal democrats will be arguing the opposite, saying that holding a referendum at any point in the immediate future as an unwanted and unnecessary distraction that will reduce scotland's chances of recovering from the pandemic. they will be making very different arguments in the unionist politicians will be saying we should not be talking about the constitutional question, but i think you will discover tonight that all of them will be talking about the constitutional question. not least because it is now very clear that this is a central issue for voters. according to a recent poll, no less than 87% of various people who say they would vote yes on an independence

the snp's nicola sturgeon, the conservatives' douglas ross, labour's anas sarwar, lorna slater for thert in the bbc programme. it's being chaired by the bbc�*s scotland editor, sarah smith, whojoins us from edinburgh tonight. and sarah, after a tumultuous few weeks, what's the atmosphere expcted to be like tonight? i think the one thing we can probably all agree on is that we want to focus on the issues now, on the policy is that these five parties have for how to try and rebuild scotland back after the pandemic, ratherthan rebuild scotland back after the pandemic, rather than all the focus that there has been on the psychodrama that's been playing out between nicola and alex salmond. so the questions tonight are all going to all come from our audience members who will be joining us via zoom, and it will reflect the issues that really mattered to them in their lives. myjob willjust be to try and get the answers out of the politicians to reflect what the audience asking them about, and also to try and stop them all shouting over each other if everything gets a little bit heated. —— nico

liberal democrats' willie rennie, the scottish conservatives' douglas ross, and scottish greens' lorna slater

the snp's nicola sturgeon, douglas ross from the conservatives, labour's anas sarwar, green lorna slaterial media became the main campaign weapon. in general, we see that everything was online. so what it did, we pressed on different platforms to try to reach different audiences. youngsters on tiktok, for instance, a little bit older generation on instagram, and then facebook as well. some more traditional campaigning is allowed here. leafleting is now permitted, and canvassing on doorsteps can take place, with mitigations, from the 5th of april. when campaigning is finished, it's over to the voters, and things at polling stations like this one will be looking a little bit different too. this polling station, used for a council by—election, gives the sense of the changes. alongside these safety measures, voters will wear masks and pencils will be used only once. and there is another option. if you're already a voter but you don't want to vote in a polling place, you can vote by post. the deadline for that is 5pm on the 6th of april. if you're not currently registered, you can register to

the snp's nicola sturgeon, douglas ross from the conservatives, labour's anas sarwar, green lorna slatering is now permitted, and canvassing on doorsteps can take place, with mitigations, from the 5th of april. when campaigning is finished, it's over to the voters, and things at polling stations like this one will be looking a little bit different too. this polling station, used for a council by—election, gives the sense of the changes. alongside these safety measures, voters will wear masks and pencils will be used only once. and there is another option. if you're already a voter but you don't want to vote in a polling place, you can vote by post. the deadline for that is 5pm on the 6th of april. if you're not currently registered, you can register to vote by the 19th of april. postal votes are expected to increase this time, with research indicating almost 40% could choose this option. stand by for the results of election 2016, and another dramatic nighti in scotland's story. no overnight drama this year. the counting won't start until 9am the next day, and will be spread over two days