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.
Scotland is the most left-wing part of the UK. They don’t have one single Tory MP and the Conservative Party barely exists at the local level; voter turnout is usually low because there’s nobody to vote for, just as with the GOP in New York. A lot of people (Conservatives) seem to have turned out to vote “No” who probably hadn’t voted in years.
The Scots have had a terrible effect on UK politics for a long time, dragging the UK even more leftwards, and that won’t stop. However, there’s now a movement in England (as part of the UK) to stop the Scots from voting in English elections, that is, things that don’t affect the UK but are local issues, such as welfare and other policies. So that would be good!
Also, maybe this will give a little more courage to the Scots. Glasgow, which is a hole, is the only city that voted “Yes,” and it’s not exactly a shining example of urban Scotland.