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at Ten: The people of Scotland have rejected independence by a decisive

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majority. There was joy and relief for those who'd campaigned to keep

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Scotland within the United Kingdom. We know that we're proud Scots but

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we are proud to be British. And we were better together. But dejection

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and disbelief for those who'd believed that an independent

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Scotland was within reach. I'm devastated. The sole reason is I

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wanted more than anything a "Yes" vote. Within hours of the verdict,

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Alex Salmond announced he'd be stepping down as First Minister and

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leader of the Scottish National Party. For me as leader, my time is

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near over. But for Scotland, the campaign continues. And the dream

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shall never I do. At Westminster, questions are raised about the Prime

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Minister's suggestion of new devolved powers for the rest of the

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UK. So now it is time for our United Kingdom to come together and to move

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forward. A vital part of that will be a balanced settlement, fair to

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people in Scotland and importantly to everyone in England, Wales and

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Northern Ireland as well. We'll have details and analysis of the

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referendum, what it means for Scotland, and the constitutional

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changes being suggested for the rest of the United Kingdom.

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Good evening from Edinburgh, where the official result of the

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referendum on independence was declared earlier today. The people

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of Scotland voted decisively to remain within the United Kingdom.

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Within hours, the First Minster, Alex Salmond, announced his decision

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to resign as David Cameron declared that not only would more more powers

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be devolved from London to Edinburgh, but changes would also be

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made to the governance of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This was

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the outcome of yesterday's vote. More than 1.6 million backed

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independence, but more than 2 million objected. It was a 10%

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margin of victory, wider than most polls predicted on a record turn out

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of 85%. Tonight, we'll have the latest reaction and analysis and

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more on the far-reaching constitutional changes planned for

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the entire UK. But first our political editor Nick Robinson

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reports on the day Scotland said NO to independence. There's some flash

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fory in t rep Put away the flags. Stop the campaigning. The great

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national debate is over. More people carried, more people believed, more

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voted for independence than ever before. But for now that dream is

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dead. Scotland has voted no in this referendum on independence. The

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result in Fyfe has taken the "No" campaign over the line and the

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official result of this referendum is a no. The final result, 45% yes,

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55% no was clearer than most had predicted. It produced joy from

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backers of the union, and despair from those who believed Scotland

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could do better. This morning, Alex Salmond put a brave face on defeat,

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accepting what he called the democratic verdict. But this

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afternoon he called the media to the First Minister's office in Edinburgh

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and announced that he would soon quit the job. For me as leader, my

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time is nearly over, but for Scotland, the campaign continues and

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the dream shall never I do. He warned that David Cameron could

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renege on the promise to give Scotland greater powers and to do it

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fast. The real guardians of progress are no longer politicians at

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Westminster or even at Holyrood. But the energised activism of tens of

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thousands of people who I predict will refuse to meekly go back into

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the political shadowoes. We have now the opportunity to hold

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Westminster's feet to the fire on the vow that they've made to devolve

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further meaningful power to Scotland. The story of the night was

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clear, almost from the very first result at half past 1 this morning.

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"No," 19,036. CHEERING.

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The "No" campaign subdued for so long celebrated as result after

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result in 28 out of 32 areas had them winning. In Glasgow, Nicola

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Sturgeon, Alex Salmond's deputy and surely his successor now, knew it

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was all over. The news from Scotland's biggest city, a

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consolation prize. "Yes" 194,000. "No," 1 9,347. Not so long ago few

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would believe they would do this well or come this close. But for

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Alex Salmond it simply was not close enough. For them, those who had

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fought for Scotland to remain in the UK, the relief was palpable. You

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represent the majority of opinion and your voices have been heard.

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We've taken on the art and we've won. The silent have spoken. Those

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watching outside Scotland had simply had to hold their breath. The Prime

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Minister watched for much of the night, aware that a "Yes" vote would

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destroy not just his country but his reputation. The people of Scotland

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have spoken and it is a clear result. They've kept our country of

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Four Nations together. Like millions of other people, I am delighted. The

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debate was settled for a generation, he said. There could be no disputes,

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no reruns. Scotland would get more power, but change would go much

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further than that. Just as the people of Scotland will have more

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power over their affairs, so it follows that the people of England,

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Wales and Northern Ireland must have a bigger say over theirs. The rights

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of these voters need to be respected, preserved and enhanced.

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The Tory leader revived an old undelivered manifesto promise, to

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ensure that English laws are made only by English votes. But I have

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long believed that a crucial part missing from this national

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discussion is England. We've heard the voice of Scotland and now the

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millions of voices of England must also be heard. Some will ask, why on

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earth are politicians talking about constitutional change on the very

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day when the Scottish people have rejected independence? The answer is

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clear and it is here in Glasgow. The people of this great city voted by a

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majority to leave the UK. The anger they feel at the way Westminster

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currently runs things is felt up and down what remains our united King

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don. Watching these extraordinary events unfold the Queen has been at

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her Scottish estate, Balmoral. Tonight in a rare written statement

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she urged people to unite in their enduring love of Scotland. Knowing

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the people of Scotland as I do, she wrote, I have no doubt that Scots

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are able to express strongly-held opinions before coming together

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again in a spirit of mutual respect and support. She sends simply, my

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family and I will do all we can to help and support you in this

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important task. Elizabeth R, Balmoral. Tonight, her kingdom

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remains united. But an awful lot divides people over how it ought to

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be run. More than 3.5 million Scots took part in yesterday's referendum.

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A level of electoral turnout not seen in Britain since 1951. The "No"

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vote was boosted in more rural parts of Scotland. But the city of

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Edinburgh also voted strongly against. The "Yes" campaign pointed

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to notable success in Glasgow. Scotland's biggest city, as we saw

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in Nick's report. Allan Little, who has followed the entire campaign, a

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examines the factors that convinced the majority of voters to back the

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union. Glasgow woke this morning to the news that it had voted yes but

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the country had not. To too many, the blueprint for independence was

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incomplete, with too few clear answers on key questions. Edinburgh,

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home to Scotland's financial services industry, voted 61 to 39 to

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stay in the UK. This is quite a well-off country, and I think a lot

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of people felt they had quite a lot to lose. I don't think it is a

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surprise that parts of the country where people didn't have quite so

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much to lose would vote yes. 300 years of history and achievement,

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just bringing people together. We should be coming together rather

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than breaking apart. Even here though, more than one in three

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people voted yes. I'm devastated, yes. I've been up all night.

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Heartbroken, but also inspired, because we know that half the people

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get it, so that's kind of nice. It is going to be a bit weird though

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knowing that half the people are scared of change and half are ready

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to do it. I think overall it's been very, very beneficial to Scotland,

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despite the fact we didn't win. Although I was a "No" voter, when I

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heard the results I started crying, relieved but also kind of worried

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about what happens now. In less prosperous places, more voters

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favoured independence. Both Dundee and Scotland's biggest city,

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Glasgow, voted "Yes." Here, Labour voters who crossed to the "Yes" camp

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in large numbers were decisive. Is it over for them now? Will they

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return to the Labour fold? I'm devastated. The sole reason is I

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wanted more than anything a "Yes" vote. A change in Labour's policies

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that were too close to Tory policies for me. I listened to the SNP's

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views and promises and so on at the time and decided to change to SNP.

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After what happened with Tony Blair and stuff I don't think the working

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class necessarily trust Labour any more. They've obviously gone over to

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the SNP. They maybe offer a wee bit more hope. In this, the intervention

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in the last stages of the campaign by a seemingly rejuvenated Gordon

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Brown may have helped stem the flow of Labour voters to the "Yes" camp.

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The margin of victory for the union was clear and decisive and beyond

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dispute. Does that mean job done, that the union is saved? 45% of the

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population of the country on a high turnout voted to end United Kingdom

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statehood in Scotland. That would have been unthinkable even 15 years

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ago when the Scottish Parliament was first set up. We've got to remember

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that 1.6 million of our fellow citizens voted yesterday to leave

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the United Kingdom. A majority in Glasgow, a large majority in Dundee.

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I think the really important thing to do at the moment is to try and

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understand and then to respond adequately and effectively to the

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reasons why people voted "Yes". The Anglo-Scottish union has survived

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the greatest challenge to its existence in 300 years. Scotland has

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settled the question peacefully and democratically. But the popular

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challenge to the UK's legitimacy in Scotland has not gone away. Alex

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Salmond's decision to step down as First Minister and leader of the

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Scottish National Party will take effect in mid November. Mr Salmond

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has been a towering figure in Scottish politics for two decades, a

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period in which he let the transformation of the SNP from a

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small political force to a party which put independence at the top of

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the agenda. James Cook reports on the resignation of one of Britain's

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most charismatic leaders. There's flash fore in this report to. It

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could have been so different. For weeks the world had been watching

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Alex Salmond, wondering, would he be Prime Minister of an independent

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Scotland? It wasn't to be and today in defeat, he faced the cameras. Let

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us not dwell on the distance we've fallen short. To many people Alex

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Salmond is the Scottish National Party. He hails from Linlithgow, a

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traditional Labour stronghold in central Scotland. But his rise, and

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that of Scottish nationalism, are inextricably linked. Alex Salmond

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went to Westminster in 1987, a democratic insurgent determined to

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wrest Scotland from London's grasp. He was already shaking up what had

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been a rather eccentric party when, three years later, he was elected

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for his first stint as leader. His gradual approach to the pursuit of

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independence very nearly paid off. First campaigning for a Scottish

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Parliament, celebrating alongside his political rivals, when this

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referendum at least went his way. I think we had better sit up and take

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notice that something is changing in Scotland. It was. In the end, Alex

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Salmond served two decade-long stints as SNP leader. The last ten

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years saw stunning success. He took his party to power at Holyrood and

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went one better. I heard a rumour. I think we won the election. Winning a

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second term with a majority most said was impossible. It gave him a

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mandate to pursue his life's goal, and two years ago he shook hands

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with the Conservative Prime Minister on an agreement to put his dream to

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the test. Go Scotland! Alex Salmond has always been a populist

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politician. But he doesn't appeal to all. Critics say he he can ores

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opponents, putting off women voters in particular. Tonight though, there

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was a rare glimpse of a different Alex Salmond. Heading home with his

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wife after a remarksable week and a remarkable career.

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Brian Taylor is with me. The end of Mr Salmond's leadership, the end of

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this momentous referendum campaign. What are your conclusions? Standing

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beneath Edinburgh Castle reminds me I've covered Scottish politics since

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before Braveheart was a boy. I remember in 1979 when devolution was

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almost defeated. On this occasion Alex Salmond is largely responsible,

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he has matured the SNP, allowed it to grow and made it above all a

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modern party of Government. The Scots poet talked of the Caledonian,

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a posh way of saying we Scots are capenable of looking two ways at

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once. We can gurn or be confident and comparable out. Alex Salmond

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argued for the latter, to be confident. A good motto for Mr

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Salmond and for Scotland on this remarkable day.

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It became clear early this morning, when David Cameron spoke in

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Downing Street, that the result of this referendum could trigger

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extensive constitutional change, not just in Scotland but

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The Prime Minister spoke of new powers for England,

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But doubts were raised almost immediately about the likelihood

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of cross-party agreement, and about the ambitious timetable for drafting

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new proposals, with a general election just eight months away.

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James Landale reports on possible changes to the constitution,

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It was a solemn vow by the leaders of the UK's largest parties,

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a vow to let Scotland decide more of its taxes, welfare and spending.

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But today the Government promised similar powers to the rest of the UK

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and fewer powers for Scottish MPs at Westminster.

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It becomes inconceivable to continue to allow Scottish members to vote

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on everything that is happening in England when, as you know,

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English and indeed Scottish members, can't vote on so much

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The Government hopes to agree its plan for UK-wide devolution

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by November, publish draft laws in January and

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introduce the changes after it has been put to voters in the election.

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Labour say they will also move quickly on devolution to Scotland

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but they want a national debate on English devolution

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before holding a constitutional convention in the autumn of next

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One lesson we know is that we can't do this in a knee jerk,

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But the most important thing is that it can't be stitched up

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I don't think people would stand for that.

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We need to start with people and the change they want to see.

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Labour see the Government plans to give English MPs a greater say

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They fear that curbing the powers of Scottish MPs,

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most of whom are Labour, will make it harder for Ed Miliband as Prime

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Minister to get his legislation and his budgets through the Commons.

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So none of this constitutional change is going to come easy.

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David Cameron does not have the full support of Labour and he also has

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some trouble in his own ranks, many of whom think that Scotland is

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Extensive promises have been made to the Scottish people which will

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assume that Scottish politicians can continue to adjudicate on taxes

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raised on English taxpayers, and also assume that English taxpayers

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will continue to shore up the whole settlement with extensive

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The UKIP leader wrote to all Scottish MPs asking them to stop

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The English need to be able to vote and debate on their issues alone

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And if Scottish MPs agree to do that it will be

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Throughout Westminster there are reminders that this parliament

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represents all four corners of the UK, including

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Northern Ireland and Wales, where expectations have now been raised.

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Scotland has been offered first-class devolution.

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There is a risk that Wales will get second or

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even third class devolution and we must make sure that our devolution

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settlement is as good if not better than what they get in Scotland.

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Honouring this vow could transform Britain's constitutional settlement.

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Breaking it could lead to yet another breach of public trust

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in politics, and already agreement looks hard to find.

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James Landale, BBC News, Westminster.

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Some of England's biggest cities, including Birmingham

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and Manchester, have backed calls for greater devolution

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Those calls have been echoed in some of the biggest regions,

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Mark Easton has been exploring the potential impact of devolved

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The restlessness of the Scottish lion has stirred the Lions of

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England. Today we have seen Northern English newspapers demanding similar

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devolution to their Scots neighbours, London's mayor demanding

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fiscal devolution the big cities, and although the government says it

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won't happen, popular calls for an English Parliament. All it is is the

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Scottish being talked about. There should be a voice for the English.

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We would all like to see development of power and decision-making from

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London to local regions. I want independence for England but it's

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not going to happen because we won't get a referendum. It's certainly not

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easy. The promise that MPs represented at Westminster will only

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vote on matters affecting their nations risks having rival UK and

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English governments under the same roof. There is a determination to

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avoid having a UK Government and an English central government. That is

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why they are talking devolution, pushing powers down to regions,

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cities and towns where the power would be, rather than two opposite

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governments in London. In a field in Leicestershire is the exact spot

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identified as the middle of England, now the epicentres of a new debate

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that goes far beyond the Prime Minister's promise of English votes

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for English laws. Finding agreement on what the change should look like

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we'll be hard. Since the dark ages, England has set its face against

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regional government. There has been fierce resistance to almost any

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reform of administrative boundaries, with some activists removing or

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relocating offending road signs. In a referendum for a Northeast

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regional government decade ago, an inflatable white elephant helped

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convince people resoundingly to vote no to more politicians. But all

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three major UK parties now talk about empowering cities in England

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to counteract the dominance of the capital. In Bristol, as in many

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English cities, you will find a strong sense that London, and what

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is seen as the Westminster elite, have too much control over people's

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lives. Demands for devolution are often driven by distrust of national

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politics and national politicians. That is good in theory, as long as

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you have the appropriate people in place in the cities who can manage

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it well. What is the point of a parliament if the different cities

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have power over themselves? Maybe there is strength in numbers and we

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should all be together. The search for a new and fair settlement for a

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United Kingdom looks set to open up ancient divisions.

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Let's take a moment to look at some of the day's other news stories.

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French fighter jets have attacked a base belonging to the Islamic State

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France is the first country to join the United States in military

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action against the jihadists who control much of Iraq and Syria.

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The British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline has been fined

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a record ?297 million by a Chinese court, after it admitted bribing

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doctors and health officials in order to win contracts.

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The court also imposed a suspended prison sentence on

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Mark Reilly, who used to run the company's China division.

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The Director of Children's Services in Rotherham, Joyce Thacker,

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is to leave her post in the wake of the child sex abuse scandal.

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She'd faced criticism after a report said senior council

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managers had "underplayed" the scale of the abuse, which involved up to

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Administrators have announced 628 redundancies at

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The business, which has a total workforce of more than 5500 went

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into administration earlier this week after it lost a major contract.

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The first result last night came from the smallest local authority

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area of Clackmannanshire, the first of many no votes from the 32

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counting centres, and the verdict was clear by 5am this morning.

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It was a wider gap than anything the polls were telling us. Let me show

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you the map of Scotland after the result. We have coloured in areas

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where the noes one. The noes in red, and almost the whole of

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Scotland covered. You can see the four areas where they yes votes were

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ahead. Glasgow and surrounding, and then Dundee in the north-east. But

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largely, the map has been coloured red. If we go back to the councils,

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these are the 32 council areas in which voting was counted, and you

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can see it is awash with red. So many red councils. Looking for the

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four green ones. Glasgow, the biggest, went for yes, 53%. So did

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North Lanarkshire, another big council. But that wasn't enough. The

:25:38.:25:43.

other huge councils going from no. And the first results we had came

:25:44.:25:51.

from the smaller councils. Clackmannanshire, Shetland, Orkney,

:25:52.:25:54.

all coming in early in the evening, all going no. It was quite some time

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before Dundee city became the first yes. So, after this extraordinary

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night, I can show you hear a spread of council areas with the noes on

:26:06.:26:12.

this side and the yes is on this side. Again, this just illustrates,

:26:13.:26:17.

you would not call it a whitewash, but it is certainly a very

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convincing victory to those who argue that Scotland should stay in

:26:22.:26:25.

the United Kingdom. Look at these four councils, the four yeses. Those

:26:26.:26:33.

were the only four yeses of 32 councils. Come down with me and you

:26:34.:26:37.

will see the other councils. You will see the margins, increasing as

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you come down here, until we get to the councils which voted no most

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decisively. Scottish Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, for example.

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Orkney and Shetland, the island councils. Yes, this was convincing,

:26:52.:26:57.

as you can see. In the end, only four council areas went with the

:26:58.:27:01.

arguments of those who said that Scotland should leave the UK.

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And there's further analysis and a full breakdown of results

:27:11.:27:13.

on the BBC website at bbc.co.uk/scotlanddecides.

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There's been reaction to the referendum result

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In a moment we'll hear more views on how the result was received

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But first Reeta Chakrabarti has been speaking to people in Lincoln

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about their perspective on the people's verdict in Scotland.

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Under the majestic towers of the ancient cathedral,

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the people of Lincoln could only watch events in Scotland.

:27:38.:27:40.

Like the rest of the UK they had no say in the decision, but that

:27:41.:27:43.

I think we are losing something if we split Scotland from the UK.

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I think it's been done the right way, too,

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The main response on this English high street is one of relief that

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Scotland has voted to stay, but people's thoughts are now turning to

:28:12.:28:14.

Something definitely needs to change, I think.

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We've had the same system for quite a few years and perhaps

:28:19.:28:22.

needed to evolve with the times and the political situation.

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The cathedral houses one of the few copies of Magna Carta,

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the 800-year-old document which limited the king's powers.

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With the transfer of power over tax, spending and welfare about to take

:28:37.:28:40.

place to Scotland, where does that now leave the rest of the UK?

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I think it's right that the Scots do have devolved powers

:28:46.:28:50.

but I also think it's right that the English and the Welsh

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I think there's been an unequal balance between Scotland

:28:54.:28:58.

having more powers and getting more money through

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I think that's unfair and English people deserve the same powers,

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Many here understand that it's not just Scotland

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Reeta Chakrabarti, BBC News, Lincoln.

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This was a campaign fought on the streets and filled with passion.

:29:19.:29:21.

For those who won, joy and jubilation.

:29:22.:29:26.

For those who lost disappointment, heartbreak and despair.

:29:27.:29:33.

I think it's the older generation that have

:29:34.:29:35.

We were in tears when the result came through

:29:36.:29:41.

because it is that big a deal to people in Scotland, to yes voters.

:29:42.:29:45.

Here in Scotland's biggest city, Glasgow,

:29:46.:29:47.

a majority of voters indicated they wanted to leave the union, but still

:29:48.:29:51.

The sentiment here was not reflected in the country as a whole.

:29:52.:29:58.

People at this snack bar were relieved that independence is

:29:59.:30:03.

I love Scotland very much but I don't know if we could manage

:30:04.:30:08.

There was an energetic grassroots campaign

:30:09.:30:12.

for yes, but a quiet majority, like these people in North Berwick,

:30:13.:30:15.

And we've been absolutely fed up for the last two years.

:30:16.:30:25.

I would like to think this is the end of it.

:30:26.:30:28.

We had a chance and the country said no, so as far

:30:29.:30:31.

So Scotland remains as part of the United Kingdom.

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There is now time for reflecting, reuniting, healing,

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Our political editor Nick Robinson is here.

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I think it is fair to say we will be reflecting on what happened here for

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a very long time. I do think we have ever experienced a day like this,

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have we? A vote to reject major constitutional change in one country

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in the UK has triggered a debate about major constitutional change in

:31:12.:31:15.

all the countries of the UK. The man without whom this might not have

:31:16.:31:19.

happened, Alex Salmond, has quit, meaning he won't be here to lead

:31:20.:31:23.

that debate when it kicks off. And the people who were on the street

:31:24.:31:27.

with their flags, chanting and protesting, they lost the vote but

:31:28.:31:30.

there is a sense they might just get a little bit of the change they were

:31:31.:31:35.

actually wanting. Why has this happened? Because when we analyse

:31:36.:31:40.

this vote, it wasn't purely about independence, about self-government

:31:41.:31:43.

and national identity. In many ways it was treated by the electorate

:31:44.:31:48.

here as a referendum on the Westminster establishment, the way

:31:49.:31:52.

power works in the UK today. And many people know, no, as well as yes

:31:53.:32:00.

voters, were deeply unhappy. Those leaders in Westminster sniffed the

:32:01.:32:02.

air and thought, we could easily have lost. If a referendum is held

:32:03.:32:07.

in Cornwall, the Northwest or the north-east, we could lose their,

:32:08.:32:11.

too, hence the promises of change. I think now you will see that a

:32:12.:32:15.

subject which was normally one for political train spotters and nerds,

:32:16.:32:18.

constitutional change, will now be a the centre of politics. David

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Cameron is posing as the man who will fight for England. There will

:32:24.:32:26.

be people here who will fight for Scotland and in all the other

:32:27.:32:28.

countries, too, it is at the centre of politics again. Thank you.

:32:29.:32:32.

That's all from the team in Edinburgh on the day Scotland's

:32:33.:32:34.

future within the United Kingdom was reaffirmed.

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In a moment, the news where you are, but we'll leave you with some

:32:37.:32:40.

enduring images of referendum night in Scotland.

:32:41.:32:51.

The BBC's forecast now is that Scotland has voted

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So now it is time for our United Kingdom to come

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As leader, my time is nearly over, but for Scotland,

:33:28.:33:38.

the campaign continues and the dream shall never die.

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