Can of worms: Scottish Independence

[MrBehemoth]

And breathe..... Scotland voted "no" by 55%. (As of now. The Highland region is still to report, but isn't big enough to swing things.)

Interestingly, many of the places I would consider to have a stronger sense of Scottish identity voted "no". Here in Edinburgh it was 61%. Up on Orkney (way North of the mainland) it was 67%. In the Borders, where they have annual festivals celebrating victorious battles over the English 500 years ago, they voted 66% "no". 3 of the 4 regions (32 total) who voted "yes" are clustered around Glasgow.

Amazingly, 85% of the electorate voted! Let's hope the energy this referendum drummed up is put to good use, and not into fostering more division.

Here's a breakdown, plus a map to compare to the opinion poll Mudbill posted.