Mr Salmond and Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling: Both the Yes and No camps have now agreed in principle to a second televised debate. It will take place on 25 August, and be organised and broadcast by BBC Scotland. Negotiations are continuing on what format the debate will have, according to The Independent and Widely regarded as having lost Monday nights head-to-head in Glasgow against Alistair Darling, the Yes campaigns quiet admission that Mr Salmond now needs to offer detail about how a new Scottish currency or the euro could work, is an acknowledgement that the predicted triumph over the former chancellor didnt happen. The morning-after mood in the Better Together headquarters in Glasgow was upbeat and confident that a significant hurdle had been successfully negotiated. However those close to Mr Salmond claimed that although the Scottish media headlines had been bad Alex takes a Pounding , A Bloody Nose for Salmond Salmond Stumbles an ICM poll taken before and during the televised debate showed a narrow increase in support for independence. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.