(I'm going to copy my post, with a bit of tweaking, from
the other Indyref discussion.)
FINAL NUMBERS
NO: 55% (2,001,926)
YES: 45% (1,617,989)
Turnout 84.59%
So that's 383,937 more NO voters than YES voters.
*retreats to lick wounds*
Nah, honestly, this win was fair play: Scotland voted, Scotland decided, and I have no problem with that. Yes still had a 45% turnout, so hopefully our concerns will still be noticed and will matter.
I'm cautiously optimistic about these results. Devolution will be good for us, change will be good for us, and I'm happy that we get a chance to change while remaining part of the union -- it seems like a good way to try and change things without throwing ourselves into an unstable environment.
However, there are already certain political parties spouting nastiness about punishing Scotland and cutting down the funding they receive from the UK (in exchange for the money they provide to it, it's all proportional). So that puts a bit of the fear in me, but as long as it doesn't become a larger trend then I remain hopeful.