"Should Scotland be an independent country?"
The Scots have cast their vote and they say 'No' to independence with UK. The outcome of the referendum was unexpected as 55.3% (or 2,001,926) of Scottish rejected the separation. Glasglow, the largest city in Scotland, gathered "yes" votes but it failed to secure victory.
Prime Minister David Cameron said in a report by the New York Times, "They have kept our country of four nations together. As I said during the campaign it would have broken my heart to see our United Kingdom comes to an end."
He added that it is time to move forward. But how will the future look like for Scotland and for the rest of the United Kingdom?
As Luke Campbell, a Radical Independence Movement member, would have it: "Whatever happens, Scotland is going to be different."
BBC wrote that Scotland will remain to be part of the UK. However, the country will look forward to UK government's promise of more powers. During the campaign, the three biggest political parties (the Conservatives, Labor, and Liberal Democrats) signed a pledge to give more powers to Scotland - if it rejects independence. And because it did, Scottish can look forward to more changes in their government.
Huffington Post stated that this may also become a precedent for England, Northern Ireland, and Wales. They may "demand a similar set of measures".
In a report by NBC News, First Minister Alex Salmond, pro-independence leader, accepted defeat. He thanked "yes" voters as they "changed the face of British politics forever".
He said in the report, "It is important to say that our referendum was an agreed and consented process and Scotland has by a majority decided not at this stage to become an independent country. I accept that verdict of the people and I call on all of Scotland to follow suit in accepting the democratic verdict of the people of Scotland."
