Scots Vote to Stay in UK, but Discontent Lingers

The Scottish referendum deciding whether or not to declare independence from the British union has resulted in a vote of “No” with 2,001,926 votes over 1,617,989 for “Yes”.

Evidently, the vote came with a bribe:

Prime Minister David Cameron said he was delighted the UK would remain together and said the commitments on extra powers would be honored.

Mr Cameron said the three main unionist parties at Westminster would now follow through with their pledge of more powers for the Scottish Parliament.

“We will ensure that those commitments are honored 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.

For a lengthy debate about the intricacies and insight about the yes vs no ramifications, read the comments by some Scottish citizens at Right Nation.

I think William Wallace would be very disappointed.

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