{"id":331755,"date":"2026-04-03T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T08:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/scotland-prepares-to-vote-but-whats-shaping-the-race\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T09:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T08:00:20","slug":"scotland-prepares-to-vote-but-whats-shaping-the-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/scotland-prepares-to-vote-but-whats-shaping-the-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland prepares to vote &#8211; but what&#8217;s shaping the race?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/U3tbPfS9Ht8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Scotland prepares to vote - but what's shaping the race?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U3tbPfS9Ht8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Sky&#8217;s Connor Gillies travels from the most northerly Scottish island to the southern tip and the border with England to speak to people across the country and find out about the issues that matter to them ahead of the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p>#skynews #scotland #elections #uknews <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Listen to our new podcast This is Why, available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/thisiswhy<\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sky&#8217;s Connor Gillies travels from the most northerly Scottish island to the southern tip and the border with England to speak to people across the country and find out about the issues that matter to them ahead of the upcoming elections. #skynews #scotland #elections #uknews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews Follow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":331756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[132761,141597,129065],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-331755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news","tag-connor","tag-gillies","tag-skys"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Scotland prepares to vote - but what&#039;s shaping the race? | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Scotland prepares to vote - but what&#039;s shaping the race? for free, here on News ISC. 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