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| Final push as election day looms | Final push as election day looms |
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| Scotland's political leaders are gearing up to make their final pitch to voters on the last day of campaigning before Thursday's election. | Scotland's political leaders are gearing up to make their final pitch to voters on the last day of campaigning before Thursday's election. |
| Labour's Jack McConnell will be out in Glasgow while SNP leader Alex Salmond will tour key marginals by helicopter. | Labour's Jack McConnell will be out in Glasgow while SNP leader Alex Salmond will tour key marginals by helicopter. |
| Conservative leader Annabel Goldie is set to visit the Ocean Terminal in Leith and Nicol Stephen for the Liberal Democrats visits Dunfermline. | Conservative leader Annabel Goldie is set to visit the Ocean Terminal in Leith and Nicol Stephen for the Liberal Democrats visits Dunfermline. |
| The latest opinion polls suggest the SNP's lead over Labour is slipping. | The latest opinion polls suggest the SNP's lead over Labour is slipping. |
| It is the voters themselves who will decide the future path Alex SalmondSNP | It is the voters themselves who will decide the future path Alex SalmondSNP |
| Two polls, published in three newspapers, say the gap between Labour and the SNP looks to be narrowing. | Two polls, published in three newspapers, say the gap between Labour and the SNP looks to be narrowing. |
| Despite the news, Mr Salmond said it was the first time his party had managed to sustain its lead at this point in a campaign. | Despite the news, Mr Salmond said it was the first time his party had managed to sustain its lead at this point in a campaign. |
| He said: "Labour do not have a divine right to rule, it is the voters themselves who will decide the future path for Scotland tomorrow. | He said: "Labour do not have a divine right to rule, it is the voters themselves who will decide the future path for Scotland tomorrow. |
| "What we have seen over the last few weeks and months is that the SNP's overwhelmingly positive campaign is succeeding over Labour's unremittingly negative campaign." | "What we have seen over the last few weeks and months is that the SNP's overwhelmingly positive campaign is succeeding over Labour's unremittingly negative campaign." |
| Mr McConnell will be stressing that every vote counts on Thursday in what is shaping up to be one of Scotland's closest elections. | Mr McConnell will be stressing that every vote counts on Thursday in what is shaping up to be one of Scotland's closest elections. |
| He will be visiting as many constituencies as possible targeting undecided voters on the issues of family education. | He will be visiting as many constituencies as possible targeting undecided voters on the issues of family education. |
| The Greens made a last-minute pitch for votes, saying polls suggested they could play a "crucial" role in the next Scottish government. | |
| The party's Shiona Baird said: "As Scotland prepares to go to the polls, the need to tackle climate change has never been so urgent, and never before have the stakes been so high in a Scottish election." |