Party big guns in final poll push

Gordon Brown spoke to students on a visit to Fife

With three days to go before the Holyrood election the Labour and Tory big guns have rolled into Scotland.

Chancellor Gordon Brown appealed to Labour's traditional grass roots support to "come home" to the party.

And voters were responding to a Tory campaign which had promised "delivery, not divorce," according to party leader David Cameron.

Mr Brown claimed there was all still to play for, because of an unusually high number of undecided voters.

He was joined by First Minister Jack McConnell at the Adam Smith College in Kirkcaldy.

Mr Brown made a plea for "Labour voters to come home to Labour" on four separate occasions during an address to students and young party activists.

We are the people who fought the strong, positive campaign David Cameron Conservative leader

"With unity and not conflict, with shared purpose and not confrontation, with a focus on education and schools for the future, not on constitutional wrangling, we can ensure we can spend our time focusing on what really matters for Scotland," said the chancellor.

Mr McConnell said Thursday presented "a momentous election and enormous choice" for Scots.

"This is the closest election in Scotland for a generation and the votes young Scots will make on Thursday will matter more than they've ever mattered before," he added.

Meanwhile, Mr Cameron went on a walkabout in Glasgow with Scots Tory leader Annabel Goldie and a group of supporters.

David Cameron met the public in Glasgow city centre

After strolling along the city's Buchanan Street, he said: "People are interested to meet the Conservatives, want to hear from us, and we got a very good reception with a lot of people saying they are going to vote Conservative, some for the first time."

Mr Cameron went on: "We are the people who fought the strong, positive campaign.

"Annabel has been campaigning on the issues that matter - drugs, affordable housing and getting crime down.

"That is what people want - delivery, not divorce."