Will Labour be nuked at the ballot box?

Scots head to the voting booths tomorrow and the latest and last Scotsman/ICM opinion poll is saying it is too close to call.

Now there are a lot of reasons for Scots to be upset with Labour and want to oust them, but none seems more symbolic of the situation than the Scottish Labour party's stance on nuclear power.

Every other party opposes the construction of new nuclear power plants in Scotland, but the Scottish Labour party is obliged to tow the national party line which is to promote nuclear power as a solution to climate change - like it or not.

Which couldn't be more out of touch with how the Scottish public feel.

A recent independent survey showed that less than a quarter of Scots support building new nuclear power stations in Scotland. The survey, conducted by pollsters 2collaborate for us, also shows that almost three quarters would prefer to use more renewable energy than energy from new nuclear plants.

There is also massive support for what is known as combined heat and power (CHP) generation, which is almost three times more efficient than nuclear power. Almost nine in 10 Scots backed CHP - which maximises efficiency by capturing heat from power stations and using it in the local area, rather than have it disappear up cooling towers - over nuclear.

There is a clear message here for voters - Scottish Labour's refusal to ditch support for these outdated and unnecessary reactors leaves them completely out of kilter with the feelings of Scottish voters.