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about the Middle East and Scotland. First up a new chicalion and George Eton will

discuss the narrowing of the poles north of the border. Then after that

Jason Cowley, Sophie McBain, and our guests John Bue and

Shiraz Mahair talk about the possibility of airstrikes on ISIS and where the roots of jihadism

lie. Hello, I'm Anusha K Kellein and I'm acting editor of the Stagger's blog and I'm joined by the

Politics Editor George Eaton to discuss Scotland.

So first of all, George, why have the polls tightened?

Well, I think it's partly off the back of Alex Salmon's victory in his second debate with

Alistair Darling, having lost the first one.

He won the second debate as convincingly as Darling won the first debate.

That gave the yes side finally some momentum again. They'd been flatlining in the polls for a long time.

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