Scotland Decides: Salmond versus Darling

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Scotland Decides: Salmond versus Darling
Presented by Glenn Campbell
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Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
Production
Production location(s) Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Running time 90 minutes (approx.)
Production company(s) BBC Scotland
Distributor BBC
Release
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Picture format HDTV 1080i
Audio format Stereophonic
Original release 25 August 2014 (2014-08-25)
External links
Scotland Decides
BBC website

Scotland Decides: Salmond versus Darling is a Scottish television debate that was first broadcast on BBC One Scotland on 25 August 2014. The 90-minute broadcast marked the second and last face-to-face debate between First Minister Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling before the Scottish independence referendum held on 18 September 2014. The event took place in front of a studio audience of 200 people.

The debate, moderated by Glenn Campbell, saw both politicians make opening statements, cross-examine each other and take questions from the audience. At the end of the clash, they were both given the chance to make a closing speech.

Responses

A snap poll conducted by ICM Research stated Salmond won the debate by 71% to 29%.[1][2] In an analysis piece for the What Scotland Thinks website, Professor John Curtice said that although the poll showed the majority of undecided voters had thought Salmond had won, it had only a very small effect (less than 1%) on the voting intention figures.[2]

Amongst the national newspapers, The Herald, the Daily Record and The Scottish Sun reckoned that Salmond won.[3] The Scotsman and the Scottish Daily Mail took a different line, highlighting the "heated" nature of the exchanges, which the Mail believed would turn off voters.[3] Some of the headlines referred to the debate as "Salmond fighting back" or "Salmond strikes back", contrasting the outcome of the two debates.[3]

BBC political editor Nick Robinson commented that Darling was "edgy and nervy", while Salmond appeared "better prepared and more confident".[4] Yes Scotland chief executive Blair Jenkins compared the two debates to a European Cup tie in football, implying that Salmond had performed better overall.[4] Speaking for the no campaign, Labour MP Douglas Alexander said that Darling had asked the right questions of Salmond and that there was insufficient clarity in response.[4]

Broadcast arrangements

The audience for the live broadcast on BBC One Scotland reached an audience of 843,000, a 37% share of the television audience in Scotland.[1][4] Unlike the first debate, which was not broadcast live on television elsewhere in the United Kingdom,[5] the debate was broadcast live on BBC Two in the rest of the United Kingdom.[4] The average audience for the BBC Two broadcast was 1.5 million, representing a 6.8% share.[4] The debate was also simulcast on Sky News and the BBC News Channel.[4] BBC News said the following day that 4.5 million people had watched the debate across its outlets.[4]

See also

References

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