'WELCOME BACK .....Scotland votes 'No' ....Salmond excepts defeat......Scotland stays part of UK....
I was personally split 50/50 to whether I wanted the Scots to leave. My heart
said go for it, but my head said we needed the social conscious of Scotland
to help change the whole of UK politics beginning in Westminster and the
monarchy.......
Scottish referendum: How will the result be decided? BBC News
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Published on 18 Sep 2014
The BBC's Jeremy Vine explains how the votes will be counted int he Scottish
independence referendum.
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Scottish referendum: Scotland votes 'no' to independence
Published on 19 Sep 2014
Scotland has voted 'no' in the independence referendum and will stay a part of the
United Kingdom. . Report by Mark Morris.
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Scotland votes 'no': Salmond accepts defeat
Published on 18 Sep 2014
Scottish voters have rejected independence, deciding to remain part of the United
Kingdom after a historic referendum that shook the country to its core. Scots voted
55 percent to 45 percent against independence.
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Scotland votes 'no' to independence in historic referendum
Published on 18 Sep 2014
Scotland voters have opted to continue as part of the United Kingdom in a historic
referendum vote. Our Nahlah Ayed reports from Edinburgh.
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19 September 2014 Last updated at 08:21
Scottish referendum: Scotland votes 'No' to independenceComments
Short vid on link......http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-29270441
Scotland has voted to stay in the United Kingdom after voters decisively rejected
independence.
With the results in from all 32 council areas, the "No" side polled 2,001,926, votes
to 1,617,989 for "Yes".
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond called for unity and urged the unionist
parties to deliver on more powers.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron said he was delighted the UK would remain
together and said the commitments on extra powers would be honoured.
Mr Cameron said the three main unionist parties at Westminster would now follow
through with their pledge to deliver more powers to the Scottish Parliament.
"We will ensure that those commitments are honoured in full," he said.
He announced that Lord Smith of Kelvin, who led Glasgow's staging of the
Commonwealth Games, would oversee the process to take forward the
commitments, with new powers over tax, spending and welfare to be agreed by
November, and draft legislation published by January.
The prime minister also acknowledged that the people of England, Wales and
Northern Ireland must have a bigger say over their affairs.
And he promised a resolution to the West Lothian question - the fact that Scottish
MPs can vote on English issues at Westminster.
"In Wales there are proposals to give the Welsh Government and Assembly more
powers and I want Wales to be at the heart of the debate on how to make the
United Kingdom work for all our nations," he said.
In other developments:
The pound hit a two-year high against the euro and a two-week high against the
US dollar, as Scotland voted against independence.
Royal Bank of Scotland said it would keep its headquarters in Scotland following
the "No" vote.
Scotland rejected independence by 55% to 45%. For latest results and full
coverage, go to bbc.co.uk/scotland-decides.
The result became a mathematical certainty at 06:08, as the returning officer in
Fife announced a comfortable No vote.
Shortly afterwards, Mr Salmond said he accepted the defeat and called for national unity.
He said the referendum and the high turnout had been a "triumph for the
democratic process" and promised to keep his pledge in the Edinburgh Agreement
which paved the way for the referendum to respect the result and work for the
benefit of Scotland and the United Kingdom.
Short Vid on link.....http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-29270441
The moment the No side won an unassailable lead over the Yes camp
He told supporters: "The unionist parties made vows late in the campaign to
devolve more powers to Scotland.
"Scotland will expect these to be honoured in rapid course - as a reminder, we have
been promised a second reading of a Scotland Bill by March 27 next year.
"Not just the 1.6 million Scots who voted for independence will demand that
timetable is followed but all Scots who participated in this referendum will demand
that timetable is followed."
Mr Salmond said he would shortly speak to the Prime Minister on the results.
But he highlighted the "empowerment" of first-time voters, including 16 and 17-year-olds.
And the First Minister said: "Whatever else we can say about this referendum
campaign, we have touched sections of the community who have never before been
touched by politics, these sections of the community have touched us and touched
the political process.
Short Vid on link......http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-29270441
Alex Salmond: "I call on all of Scotland to follow suit in accepting the democratic
verdict of the people of Scotland"
"I don't think that will ever be allowed to go back to business as usual in politics again."
In a rallying call to his supporters, Mr Salmond urged the Yes voters to reflect on
how far they had come.
"I don't think any of us, whenever we entered politics, would have thought such a
thing to be either credible or possible," he said.
"Over the last few weeks we have seen a scare and a fear of enormous proportions
- not a scaremongering directed at the Scottish people but the scare and the fear at
the heart of the Westminster establishment as they realise the mass movement of
people that was going forward in Scotland.
"Today of all days as we bring Scotland together, let us not dwell on the distance
we have fallen short, let us dwell on the distance we have travelled and have
confidence the movement is abroad in Scotland that will take this nation forward
and we shall go forward as one nation."
This margin of victory for the Better Together campaign - 55% to 45% - was
greater by about 3% than that anticipated by the final opinion polls. The winning
total needed was 1,852,828.
Speaking in Downing Street, Mr Cameron said the result was decisive.
He said: "Now the debate has been settled for a generation, or as Alex Salmond
has said: 'Perhaps for a lifetime'.
"So their can be no disputes, no re-runs; we have heard the will of the Scottish people."
Short Vid on link.....
David Cameron: ''Like millions of other people, I am delighted''
The prime minister also spoke of the implications for the other nations of the UK.
"In Wales there are proposals to give the Welsh Government and Assembly more
powers and I want Wales to be at the heart of the debate on how to make the
United Kingdom work for all our nations," he said.
"In Northern Ireland, we must work to ensure that the devolved institutions function effectively."
'English voices'
Mr Cameron said "millions of voices of England must also be heard".
"The question of English votes for English laws, the so-called West Lothian
question, requires a decisive answer so just as Scotland will vote separately in the
Scottish Parliament on their issues on tax, spending and welfare, so too England as
well as Wales and Northern Ireland should be able to vote on these issues.
"And all this must take place in tandem with and at the same pace as the
settlement for Scotland."
Mr Cameron said the referendum had "stirred strong passions", "electrified politics
in Scotland and caught the imagination of people across the whole of our United Kingdom".
Results graphic
Scottish referendum results in detail
He concluded: "It will be remembered as a powerful demonstration of the strength
and vitality of our ancient democracy."
Alistair Darling, who led the Better Together campaign, said the people of Scotland
had "chosen unity over division and positive change rather than needless separation".
"It is a momentous result for Scotland and also for the United Kingdom as a whole," he said.
Mr Darling said the result had "reaffirmed all that we have in common and the
bonds that tie us together", adding: "Let them never be broken."
He also acknowledged that the campaign had highlighted the need for change.
No supporters celebrate
"As we celebrate, let us also listen," he said.
"More than 85% of the Scottish population has voted. People who were disengaged
from politics have turned out in large numbers.
"While they have voted on the constitution, that was not the only or perhaps the
major issue that drove them to the polls.
"Every political party must listen to their cry for change, which could be echoed in
every part of our United Kingdom but had this opportunity to express itself in Scotland."
Mr Darling thanked his "great team of volunteers" who had worked on the Better
Together campaign.
'Real disappointment'
He added: "You represent the majority of opinion. Your voices have been heard. We
have taken on the argument and won. The silent have spoken."
Mr Salmond's deputy, Nicola Sturgeon, said in an earlier concession statement that
there was a "real sense of disappointment that we have fallen narrowly short of
securing a 'Yes' vote".
But she said the country had been "changed forever" and vowed to work
with "anyone in any way" to secure more powers for Scotland.
The vote was the culmination of a two-year campaign. Talks will now begin on
devolving more powers to Scotland.
Glasgow, Scotland's largest council area and the third largest city in Britain, voted
in favour of independence by 194,779 to 169,347, with Dundee, West
Dunbartonshire and North Lanarkshire also voting "Yes".
But Edinburgh, the nation's capital, rejected independence by 194,638 to 123,927,
while Aberdeen City voted "No" by a margin of more than 20,000 votes.
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