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| Scotland's main parties have made a final pitch to voters before Thursday's Scottish Parliament election. | Scotland's main parties have made a final pitch to voters before Thursday's Scottish Parliament election. |
| Labour's Jack McConnell was in Glasgow, while SNP leader Alex Salmond toured key marginal seats by helicopter. | Labour's Jack McConnell was in Glasgow, while SNP leader Alex Salmond toured key marginal seats by helicopter. |
| Conservative leader Annabel Goldie dropped in on journalists on the end of a rope at an Edinburgh activity centre. | Conservative leader Annabel Goldie dropped in on journalists on the end of a rope at an Edinburgh activity centre. |
| Scottish Lib Dem leader Nicol Stephen visited Dunfermline in Fife, the scene of his party's famous Westminster by-election victory last year. | Scottish Lib Dem leader Nicol Stephen visited Dunfermline in Fife, the scene of his party's famous Westminster by-election victory last year. |
| Making his last pitch for votes in Glasgow, Clydebank and West Renfrewshire, first minister Mr McConnell asked voters to "come home to Labour". | Making his last pitch for votes in Glasgow, Clydebank and West Renfrewshire, first minister Mr McConnell asked voters to "come home to Labour". |
| I said before I swung into mid-air that I was on a high and that's what I feel about the Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservative leader Annabel Goldie | I said before I swung into mid-air that I was on a high and that's what I feel about the Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservative leader Annabel Goldie |
| He said: "To put Scotland first, we must put education first. To put your family first, you must put Labour first." | He said: "To put Scotland first, we must put education first. To put your family first, you must put Labour first." |
| Mr McConnell claimed the election would go "right to the wire" and every single vote would count. | Mr McConnell claimed the election would go "right to the wire" and every single vote would count. |
| "As many people decide how to vote, I urge them to put their children's future and their family first by voting for education with Labour," he said. | "As many people decide how to vote, I urge them to put their children's future and their family first by voting for education with Labour," he said. |
| SNP leader Alex Salmond today vowed a Nationalist government would create a healthier and wealthier Scotland. | SNP leader Alex Salmond today vowed a Nationalist government would create a healthier and wealthier Scotland. |
| Jack McConnell asked voters to come home to Labour | Jack McConnell asked voters to come home to Labour |
| Speaking on his third helicopter tour of the campaign he claimed the Nationalists held the initiative over Labour on the eve of an election for the first time. | Speaking on his third helicopter tour of the campaign he claimed the Nationalists held the initiative over Labour on the eve of an election for the first time. |
| Mr Salmond said: "Voters can support the SNP tomorrow with the knowledge that we are committed to building success for Scotland, and that we will work hard in government to earn their trust before putting the issue of Scotland's constitutional future to the people in 2010." | Mr Salmond said: "Voters can support the SNP tomorrow with the knowledge that we are committed to building success for Scotland, and that we will work hard in government to earn their trust before putting the issue of Scotland's constitutional future to the people in 2010." |
| He added: "It's time for fresh thinking and a new approach to build a more successful Scotland." | He added: "It's time for fresh thinking and a new approach to build a more successful Scotland." |
| Ms Goldie swung into action at the Ocean Terminal in Leith, handing out bread and butter to members of the media - a reference to one of the main message of their campaign. | Ms Goldie swung into action at the Ocean Terminal in Leith, handing out bread and butter to members of the media - a reference to one of the main message of their campaign. |
| "I said before I swung into mid-air that I was on a high and that's what I feel about the Scottish Conservatives, that's what I feel about our campaign," she said. | "I said before I swung into mid-air that I was on a high and that's what I feel about the Scottish Conservatives, that's what I feel about our campaign," she said. |
| "We went to Ocean Terminal because it the sort of place that ordinary people and ordinary families go. They're exactly the people our policies are designed to help." | "We went to Ocean Terminal because it the sort of place that ordinary people and ordinary families go. They're exactly the people our policies are designed to help." |
| Alex Salmond said the SNP would build a successful Scotland | Alex Salmond said the SNP would build a successful Scotland |
| Ms Goldie claimed her party had out forward sensible solutions to bread and butter issues which affected people's lives. | Ms Goldie claimed her party had out forward sensible solutions to bread and butter issues which affected people's lives. |
| Mr Stephen challenged his political rivals to match his party's key pledges. | Mr Stephen challenged his political rivals to match his party's key pledges. |
| Throughout the Holyrood election campaign the Lib Dems have focused on their core policies - 100% renewable electricity, an hour a day of physical exercise for children and the creation of 100 new health centres. | Throughout the Holyrood election campaign the Lib Dems have focused on their core policies - 100% renewable electricity, an hour a day of physical exercise for children and the creation of 100 new health centres. |
| "If you really want change, if you really want positive policies that make a difference to families and children, there is only one positive choice," said Mr Stephen. | "If you really want change, if you really want positive policies that make a difference to families and children, there is only one positive choice," said Mr Stephen. |
| "Only the Liberal Democrats offer all of this for a bright future for Scotland. You can only make this happen with a vote for the Scottish Liberal Democrats." | "Only the Liberal Democrats offer all of this for a bright future for Scotland. You can only make this happen with a vote for the Scottish Liberal Democrats." |