Federalism is the future of the UK.
Three regions already have elected Parliaments or legislatures and England will probably get one also very soon.
The UK will no longer be a unitary state and London will no longer run every thing. This is good for the country and for its democracy.
The people of Scotland voted for greater powers within a federal UK.
Not so sure how Scotlands going to fare when Cameron said:...
Scotland had had its say and it was now time to listen to the millions of voices “of England”.
Well, whether independent or not, I think it is time to say BRAVO!!! to the people of UK and Scotland.
No one was killed. No buildings burned down. No violent mass organizations or demonstrations.
Just people lined up to vote, and respecting the results!
Job well done! Very well done!
I wonder if something like that could work in the U.S. ...
Mmm.. I wish I could see it like that. If the vote had been Yes, Scotland would have become a socialist state overnight. I was a unionist, but as the campaign progressed the real fault lines showed themselves - now in sadness I wish they had gone, though it would have been a disaster for them.
No good will come of this. I expect to witness the politics of division and progression of liberal-leftism within the UK grow apace.... as if it needed any further impetus.
A sad day.
You mean more loot from the productive members of the UK.
When England no longer has to pay for everything, that will be good too.
I agree it is Good for the UK, but I also think in the long run the UK is obsolete as long as it remains member and strong supporter of the EU and UN.
The very economic and military security that made the united kingdom, like the United States necessary is being replaced with anther union. frankly its only a matter of time before more Scotsmen, welsh, Irish, and English realize that, and persent their politicians with a simple choice. UK or EU.
They don’t really have the money or need to be paying for both of them, indeed people like to say the UK is wealthy, but the truth is comparatively speaking if the UK was a member of our union it would be ranked perhaps 49th at best in wealth among our states just in front of Mississippi by just barely over a thousand dollars person, and that is not counting the difference in buying power among theses united States.(A dollar goes a lot further in Mississippi than it does in New York).