An Act of Disunion
It's rather a special edition of Newsnight tonight. Exactly 300 years after the Scottish parliament voted for the Act of Union we're being allowed into the Hall where the vote took place to have a debate of our own.
We're devoting the whole programme to discussing the future of the Union - will England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland see another century, let alone three, as United countries?
Our opinion poll for the programme would seem to suggest that a majority don't think it will.\
(see the result in the following link (the handout given in the class):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6264823.stm)
We've been told that it is the first time Parliament Hall has staged such a debate in, well, 300 years.
We've an audience of the great and good: politicians; academics; lawyers; novelists; actors; pop stars; wannabe pop stars.
And for the first time, well, in slightly less than 300 years - Jeremy and Kirsty will be presenting together. They've never done that on Newsnight.
