:00:16. > :00:27.Good afternoon. The headlines on this specially extended edition of
:00:28. > :00:30.Lunch time Reporting Scotland... The nation has spoken, and it has
:00:31. > :00:35.rejected the idea of Scottish independence. As the results came in
:00:36. > :00:39.last night, it became clear that Better Together had a comfortable
:00:40. > :00:46.lead. They ended up with 55% of the vote. We have chosen unity over
:00:47. > :00:53.division, and positive change rather than needless separation. For the
:00:54. > :00:57.yes campaign, it was a night of supreme disappointment, only cheered
:00:58. > :01:03.by victories in Glasgow, Dundee, Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire.
:01:04. > :01:08.Let us not to well on the distance we have fallen short, let us dwell
:01:09. > :01:12.on the distance we have travelled, and have confidence that the
:01:13. > :01:17.movement is abroad in Scotland that will take this nation forward, and
:01:18. > :01:23.we shall go forward, as one nation. The Prime Minister, David Cameron,
:01:24. > :01:27.said the issue had been settled for a generation, but he said new powers
:01:28. > :01:33.which had been pledged would be honoured rapidly. The three
:01:34. > :01:36.pro-union parties have made clear commitments on further powers for
:01:37. > :01:41.the Scottish Parliament. We will make sure that those commitments are
:01:42. > :01:45.honoured in full. Independence supporters continued to party with
:01:46. > :01:50.defiance right through breakfast time. We will assess how the huge
:01:51. > :01:59.turnout affects the future of all of Scotland. When it became apparent
:02:00. > :02:03.they were not getting a landslide victory, that is when the Val came
:02:04. > :02:07.in, and the promise of more powers. Total garbage. As of right now, I
:02:08. > :02:21.feel better as being part of the UK. Hello and welcome to this specially
:02:22. > :02:25.extended Reporting Scotland. The nation has voted and rejected
:02:26. > :02:28.independence. Over the next 60 minutes, we will give you a
:02:29. > :02:32.comprehensive overview of what happened overnight and this morning,
:02:33. > :02:36.and what it means for the people of Scotland and the UK as a whole. We
:02:37. > :02:40.will hear from the victorious Better Together Campaign team, we will get
:02:41. > :02:44.a analysis from Holyrood and Downing Street and we will examine what is
:02:45. > :02:48.next for the SNP, as the party of government in this country, and its
:02:49. > :03:08.leader, Alex Hammond. Kevin Keen has the story of how the night unfolded.
:03:09. > :03:14.Yes, 114,148... This is the moment when the referendum result was
:03:15. > :03:22.confirmed. 140,000 voters in Fife would take the no support across the
:03:23. > :03:26.finish line. Soon afterwards, the First Minister accepted the result
:03:27. > :03:30.and praised the people of Scotland for an 86% turnout. But he had this
:03:31. > :03:34.message for his Westminster counterparts. On behalf of the
:03:35. > :03:38.Scottish Government, I accept the result and I pledge to work
:03:39. > :03:44.constructively, in the interests of Scotland and the rest of the United
:03:45. > :03:49.Kingdom. Secondly, the unionist parties made vows late in the
:03:50. > :03:59.campaign to devolve more powers to Scotland. Scotland will expect the
:04:00. > :04:01.East to be honoured in rapid course. The Prime Minister went further,
:04:02. > :04:05.announcing powers being devolved to all four nations on the same time
:04:06. > :04:12.scale to that being offered to Scotland. Lord Smith of Kelvin, who
:04:13. > :04:16.so successfully led Glasgow's Commonwealth Games, has agreed to
:04:17. > :04:20.oversee the process to take forward these devolution commitments, with
:04:21. > :04:23.powers over tax, spending and welfare, all agreed by November, and
:04:24. > :04:28.draft legislation published by January. Just as the people of
:04:29. > :04:33.Scotland will have more power over their affairs, so it follows that
:04:34. > :04:39.the people of England, Wales and Northern Ireland must have a bigger
:04:40. > :04:42.say over theirs. This had been a long night, and it would be several
:04:43. > :04:51.hours before the picture would become clear. Among the first to
:04:52. > :04:58.declare where the islands, with the Western Isles result initially
:04:59. > :05:04.coming in Gaelic. The language might have been different, but the result
:05:05. > :05:09.was the same - still nothing for the yes side. The face of the campaign
:05:10. > :05:14.chairman appeared to say it all. On the streets of Glasgow, though, the
:05:15. > :05:18.initial losing streak did not dampen the party atmosphere. Hundreds were
:05:19. > :05:25.in George Square to mark an important day in Scotland's history.
:05:26. > :05:29.Spirits here were nothing but high. Dundee was the first to go to the
:05:30. > :05:34.yes side. It was decisive and made it neck and neck. And then the
:05:35. > :05:46.biggest moment of the night, when the yes side took the lead - for a
:05:47. > :06:03.full five minutes. But then it would crumble.
:06:04. > :06:17.No, 70,039... The 32 counts went off almost flawlessly, excepting Dundee,
:06:18. > :06:20.where a fire alarm twice forced the evacuation of the counting hall. A
:06:21. > :06:26.few brave police officers guarded the ballot papers until the counters
:06:27. > :06:31.returned. In response to the referendum question, should Scotland
:06:32. > :06:37.be an independent country, it went in favour of no. By the time Mary
:06:38. > :06:44.Pitcaithly made her declaration, it was all long over. So, who voted no
:06:45. > :06:52.and who voted yes? Let's attempt to give you a more detailed idea. Our
:06:53. > :06:59.correspondent David Henderson is here. Well, here is the headline
:07:00. > :07:06.result. It is all that matters in the end. 55% of Scots voters said no
:07:07. > :07:10.to independence. Almost 45% voted yes. So, a decisive win for the
:07:11. > :07:18.Better Together Campaign, and that is on a massive turnout, almost
:07:19. > :07:23.85%. If you were 16 or over, you had a vote for the first time. You have
:07:24. > :07:26.to go back 60 years or more to get something similar, which shows how
:07:27. > :07:31.seriously everyone took this campaign. In the event, more than 2
:07:32. > :07:36.million people voted no to independence. Let's not forget,
:07:37. > :07:43.there is still strong support for independence, more than 1.6 million
:07:44. > :07:49.people. So, let's have a look at who voted and where. Remember, this was
:07:50. > :07:55.a national vote but it was counted across Scotland's 32 local
:07:56. > :08:01.authorities. Some big, some small, and this gives us a good idea about
:08:02. > :08:06.how the rival campaigns got on. A wash of red shows the no vote. The
:08:07. > :08:11.yes campaign took Glasgow, the local authority deep area with the biggest
:08:12. > :08:16.population in Scotland, normally seen as a Labour stronghold - not
:08:17. > :08:27.last night. Also, a thumping vote in Dundee. West Dunbartonshire also
:08:28. > :08:30.went to the yes campaign. And North Lanarkshire as well. But across the
:08:31. > :08:33.rest of the country, you can see from the colour, it was the no
:08:34. > :08:39.campaign which won the majority of the vote. In ten areas, they got
:08:40. > :08:40.more than 60% support. Let's have a look at one of them, the capital
:08:41. > :08:55.city, Edinburgh. Looking at the full round-up, back
:08:56. > :08:58.to the West Coast, much of Glasgow's commuter belt, the likes
:08:59. > :09:08.of East Renfrewshire, let's look at that. Again, delivering a thumping
:09:09. > :09:11.no vote. 63% against. We knew before the referendum that the challenge
:09:12. > :09:18.for the yes campaign was winning over groups who were unconvinced.
:09:19. > :09:23.How did they fear? The yes vote was higher in more deprived parts of the
:09:24. > :09:28.country, places like Dundee. And Glasgow. Middle-class areas, more
:09:29. > :09:33.likely to vote against independence. And rural voters in Perth and
:09:34. > :09:40.Kinross, Stirling, the Murray first, more likely to vote no. Clear signs
:09:41. > :09:44.that pensioners did not back the campaign in anything like the same
:09:45. > :09:50.numbers as young voters. Huge contrasts across the country between
:09:51. > :09:54.less well off and well off, and the young and old, between town and
:09:55. > :10:02.country. But that is the number that really matters. The Better Together
:10:03. > :10:10.campaign wins decisively. Tim Reid is with me here. The no
:10:11. > :10:15.campaign won by promising more devolution. They all have offers,
:10:16. > :10:17.the main parties, but they are different. The main parties have
:10:18. > :10:21.guaranteed further powers but we do not know what further powers to
:10:22. > :10:25.cause labour, the Lib Dems and the Conservatives do not agree. They
:10:26. > :10:29.have different plans. They have promised to start the consultation
:10:30. > :10:32.process to date and David Cameron has pledged that it will mean change
:10:33. > :10:36.in governance for the rest of the UK. There is already clamour for
:10:37. > :10:43.further powers for Northern Ireland and Wales. Mr Cameron has said he
:10:44. > :10:47.will provide an answer to the West Lothian question, so does that mean
:10:48. > :10:52.that Scottish MPs cannot vote to British matters? And although the
:10:53. > :10:56.yes campaign has lost the referendum they believe that with 1.5 million
:10:57. > :10:59.voters they have a mandate to push for further powers. They have said
:11:00. > :11:04.that they will put their shoulder to the wheel and join the other parties
:11:05. > :11:10.in looking for this but I think that the pressing matter will be for them
:11:11. > :11:13.to try to get these powers in the short-term and for Scotland, it is
:11:14. > :11:17.going to be on Gordon Brown's timetable. Legislation drafted by
:11:18. > :11:21.January, but it will be before the 2015 election for that is in the
:11:22. > :11:30.statue books. A lot can happen before then. -- statute books. A
:11:31. > :11:35.vast process for the man with the job on his hands. Indeed. And he
:11:36. > :11:39.managed to have a Commonwealth Games in Glasgow to meet tight timetable.
:11:40. > :11:44.Presumably that is what David Cameron is hoping will happen here.
:11:45. > :11:49.-- to a tight timetable. What will the parties agree before the
:11:50. > :11:56.election? Time will tell. What about the SNP? Alex Salmond is still in
:11:57. > :12:01.charge of Scotland. What happens now? That remains to be answered.
:12:02. > :12:05.The independence case has been lost for the moment. Alex Salmond has
:12:06. > :12:10.promised to accept and abide by that outcome but also says that he will
:12:11. > :12:13.be pushing for those powers. Will there be a postmortem and questions
:12:14. > :12:20.about the strategy employed by the SNP leadership? Would they have done
:12:21. > :12:24.better if they had come up with a currency union alternative, as they
:12:25. > :12:28.pressed for? Those questions will perhaps be asked at the SNP
:12:29. > :12:35.conference in October. The other parties have got their conferences
:12:36. > :12:40.starting this weekend. I think that there is lots to discuss. At the
:12:41. > :12:43.moment, the SNP government is popular and Alex Salmond has said
:12:44. > :12:48.that he will stay on and see out his term. But will hardline nationalists
:12:49. > :12:54.question that strategy? Will you decide to go before 2016? I'm joined
:12:55. > :12:57.by the writer and portico commentator, Gerry Hassan, and the
:12:58. > :13:02.junior shadow defence minister and Labour MP for western partnership,
:13:03. > :13:08.Gemma Doyle. -- West Dunbartonshire. We do not know yet what the
:13:09. > :13:12.coordinated body of powers will be that comes to Scotland eventually.
:13:13. > :13:22.What contribution is Labour going to make now to fulfilling those that
:13:23. > :13:27.were made before the vote? Actually, the three parties set out quite
:13:28. > :13:33.detailed... And different plans. Not a huge amount of difference. That
:13:34. > :13:37.was done a few months ago. The process is now about sitting down
:13:38. > :13:41.together and coming to a joint proposal. I hope that will be
:13:42. > :13:49.possible. The Labour proposal was arguably the weakest of the three.
:13:50. > :13:55.The tamest. And Labour willing to compromise? -- Labour are willing to
:13:56. > :14:00.compromise? And we are willing to have discussions and hope the SNP
:14:01. > :14:05.will join in. In the past, they have not wanted to join in. But we need
:14:06. > :14:08.everyone around table and we are willing to look at what is there and
:14:09. > :14:16.talk to people about how we take this forward. Gerry Hassan, it is
:14:17. > :14:19.going to be an incredibly difficult ask as everybody recognises, to
:14:20. > :14:24.bring together the different offers. To bring the SNP into the
:14:25. > :14:31.next, and to get it done at the same time as giving devolved powers south
:14:32. > :14:35.of the border. -- into the net. What are the chances of this being done
:14:36. > :14:40.within the timescale? I think this timescale has to be looked at, not
:14:41. > :14:44.unquestioning, but the timescale is a bit like the way that Westminster
:14:45. > :14:48.has done the European referendum question. Some of this is about
:14:49. > :14:53.positioning substance, to be seen to be doing something, and answering a
:14:54. > :14:57.real demand for more powers in Scotland. So that is the first
:14:58. > :15:00.thing. Then, there is the different proposition between the three
:15:01. > :15:05.prounion parties. We have the paradox that the party that was
:15:06. > :15:09.against devolution, the Tories, have put forward the most coherent and
:15:10. > :15:12.radical proposals. It may well be that the more radical proposals from
:15:13. > :15:19.the Lib Dems and Tories are the ones that form what is on offer. But this
:15:20. > :15:23.is not just about the constitution, it is about economic and social
:15:24. > :15:26.justice and how that is done in Britain. It cannot be a narrow,
:15:27. > :15:31.constitutional debate because that is not what the people of Scotland
:15:32. > :15:35.or the UK are looking for. It is not just about more powers, that does
:15:36. > :15:39.not have popular resonance. It has to touch wider issues, which is
:15:40. > :15:45.where the prounion parties and the SNP have to go. How much are you in
:15:46. > :15:51.touch, Gemma Doyle, with what the people of Scotland are aspiring to
:15:52. > :15:58.and feeling the way towards? You lost great swathes of people that
:15:59. > :16:03.the Labour Party is traditionally associated with supporting and
:16:04. > :16:08.inspiring. And they clearly did not believe that you could help them
:16:09. > :16:12.towards a better life. I have been on the door is four-month stay in
:16:13. > :16:17.and day out. I think we have a pretty good sense of what people
:16:18. > :16:25.were looking for. -- I have been on the doors day in and day out. Most
:16:26. > :16:30.people said to me it is not about a party. Think a lot of people were
:16:31. > :16:33.looking for change. This is a deeply unpopular Conservative government. I
:16:34. > :16:36.understand people saying, where do we get the change from? My message
:16:37. > :16:40.is that the Labour Party have the policies to make a difference to
:16:41. > :16:47.people's lives and that is what we are campaigning for. Let's get a
:16:48. > :16:52.picture of what is happening at Holyrood after the vote. We know
:16:53. > :16:54.that it will continue to be Scotland's devolved parliament
:16:55. > :17:00.although the plan is for more powers to move there from Westminster. Our
:17:01. > :17:07.political reporter is there for us. What is the mood there this morning?
:17:08. > :17:13.Actually, it is fairly quiet at Holyrood now. There was an all-night
:17:14. > :17:17.vigil with people, yes supporters, keeping the flame of independence
:17:18. > :17:22.alive. But they left pretty despondent this morning. As dawn
:17:23. > :17:32.broke on and tumble morning. I'm joined by the finance secretary,
:17:33. > :17:35.John Swinney. -- and ought on the morning. You must be personally
:17:36. > :17:38.devastated by the result? I am deeply saddened by the result. I am
:17:39. > :17:44.deeply saddened by the result. I've spent my adult life aiming for
:17:45. > :17:48.Scottish independence. Yesterday was a day of great joy because I'd got
:17:49. > :17:53.to vote quietly in the village hall along from my house for Scottish
:17:54. > :17:56.independence, and also had to come to terms with the fact that we did
:17:57. > :18:01.not make it. But we did win the support of 1.6 million fellow
:18:02. > :18:06.citizens for Scottish independence. And we also demonstrated beyond any
:18:07. > :18:09.question that this country is able to handle the biggest of all
:18:10. > :18:15.debates, that we could handle it well and courteously, and we had an
:18:16. > :18:19.enormous turnout. 85% of the public who were eligible to vote came out
:18:20. > :18:23.and voted and that is a triumph for democracy. An impressive turnout for
:18:24. > :18:28.yes, but there was still ten points between you and the no campaign.
:18:29. > :18:38.Yes. But several weeks ago we were 20 points adrift. And we got very
:18:39. > :18:44.close, it was 51-49 at one point. And what made it settle at 45-55 was
:18:45. > :18:48.the offer of additional powers for the Scottish Parliament given
:18:49. > :18:52.solemnly to the people of Scotland by the Westminster parties. The
:18:53. > :18:54.crucial point that comes out of the referendum is that those powers must
:18:55. > :19:01.be delivered because they were solemnly offered in a swift and
:19:02. > :19:05.quick timescale, a reliable timescale, and that has to be
:19:06. > :19:08.fulfilled by the UK parties. But we hear the promise today that they
:19:09. > :19:11.will be fulfilled. By now you want to hold them to account but it
:19:12. > :19:16.sounds like those promises will be capped. They have to be capped and
:19:17. > :19:21.within the timescale in which they were offered because that factor,
:19:22. > :19:24.and eye could see it in the last few days of the referendum, people
:19:25. > :19:27.thinking of voting yes because they want the parliament to decide more
:19:28. > :19:32.issues that affect their lives, tackling inequality, creating jobs,
:19:33. > :19:36.protecting our vital public services, they want the parliament
:19:37. > :19:41.to have those powers. And the key conclusion that must be drawn from
:19:42. > :19:45.the referendum result is that the people of Scotland, the 1.6 million
:19:46. > :19:51.that voted for what I believe in, Scottish independence, the 1.9
:19:52. > :19:57.million afforded in favour of the no campaign, they voted to get extra
:19:58. > :20:01.powers. But the no camp was not necessarily voting for more powers.
:20:02. > :20:05.Wait a minute, wait a minute. The people were told that if you vote
:20:06. > :20:07.no, you are not footing for no change, you are voting for extra
:20:08. > :20:12.powers. That could not have been made clear. It was made either the
:20:13. > :20:15.Prime Minister, the leader of the opposition, Alistair Darling, Gordon
:20:16. > :20:19.Brown. They queued up and they now have to deliver. The desire for
:20:20. > :20:26.change as you see it, you had the perfect storm for independence. You
:20:27. > :20:32.had a Tory Prime Minister, Eton educated, austerity, the bedroom
:20:33. > :20:37.tax, and yet you still did not manage to get over the line. We did
:20:38. > :20:42.fantastically well. 45% of the vote, I will not deny the reality. There
:20:43. > :20:46.is no one more disappointed in Scotland today than me. Why would
:20:47. > :20:52.love to have won. But we gave it our best. -- I would love to have won.
:20:53. > :20:56.We made the best arguments, the most rational point is that we could
:20:57. > :21:02.advance. The greatest energy of a fabulous grassroots campaign across
:21:03. > :21:07.the country. Yes, it involved the SMB and it motivated and thousands
:21:08. > :21:12.of my fellow citizens to take the future of our country into our own
:21:13. > :21:15.hands and we got very close. And I am proud of that fact. It was an
:21:16. > :21:18.impressive campaign on the ground but do you think that sometimes the
:21:19. > :21:24.independence campaign was promising too much to everyone? You could have
:21:25. > :21:30.independence and heaven and earth. We did not say that. We said it was
:21:31. > :21:33.not a magic wand. We promised people hope and ambition. And who should
:21:34. > :21:37.not have hope and ambition? We should all have it. And the
:21:38. > :21:40.conclusion of the referendum yesterday is a triumph for
:21:41. > :21:44.democracy. 85% of eligible electorate turned out to vote. We do
:21:45. > :21:51.not get that for British general elections. We have not got that
:21:52. > :21:54.since before I was born. Now that we have seen that strong expression of
:21:55. > :21:58.democratic will by the people of Scotland, the propositions that were
:21:59. > :22:03.put forward by the UK parties must now be fulfilled. A difficult day
:22:04. > :22:12.for you, Mr Swinney. Thank you for joining us. Activist Judy. -- back
:22:13. > :22:16.to the studio. David Cameron has been to Scotland
:22:17. > :22:19.several times over the last few weeks, making impassioned pleas for
:22:20. > :22:24.Scots to vote no. Enough of them did. Today, David Cameron told
:22:25. > :22:27.people who had voted yes that he heard what they were saying. He made
:22:28. > :22:38.a strong commitment to honouring the vote for devolution. -- the valve.
:22:39. > :22:43.The people of Scotland have spoken, and it is a clear result. They have
:22:44. > :22:48.kept our country of four nations together, and like millions of other
:22:49. > :22:51.people, I am delighted. As I said during the campaign, it would have
:22:52. > :22:57.broken my heart to see the united England come to an end. Let us also
:22:58. > :23:02.remember why it was white to ask the definitive question, yes or no.
:23:03. > :23:05.Because now, the debate has been settled for a generation, or, as
:23:06. > :23:12.Alex Hammond has said, perhaps for a lifetime. So, there can be no
:23:13. > :23:18.dispute, no rerun, we have heard the settled will of the Scottish people.
:23:19. > :23:22.To those in Scotland sceptical of the constitutional promises that
:23:23. > :23:26.were made, let me say this. We have delivered on devolution under this
:23:27. > :23:32.government, and we will do so again in the next Parliament. The three
:23:33. > :23:34.pro-union parties have made commitments, clear commitments, on
:23:35. > :23:38.further powers for the Scottish Parliament. We will make sure that
:23:39. > :23:46.those commitments are honoured in full. And I can announce today that
:23:47. > :23:49.Lord Smith of Kelvin, who so successfully led Glasgow's
:23:50. > :23:54.Commonwealth Games, has agreed to oversee the process to take forward
:23:55. > :23:59.these devolution commitments, with powers over tax, spending and
:24:00. > :24:02.welfare, all agreed by November, and draft legislation published by
:24:03. > :24:10.January. This referendum has been hard-fought. It has stirred strong
:24:11. > :24:14.passions. It has electrified politics in Scotland and caught the
:24:15. > :24:18.imagination of people across the whole of our United Kingdom. It will
:24:19. > :24:22.be remembered as a powerful demonstration of the strength and
:24:23. > :24:27.vitality of our ancient democracy. Record numbers registered to vote,
:24:28. > :24:32.and record numbers cast their vote. We should all be proud of that. It
:24:33. > :24:37.has reminded us how fortunate we are that we are able to settle these
:24:38. > :24:43.vital issues at the ballot box, peacefully and calmly. Now, we must
:24:44. > :24:46.look forward and turn this into the moment when everyone, whichever way
:24:47. > :24:56.they voted, comes together to build that better, brighter future for our
:24:57. > :25:01.entire United Kingdom. Our Westminster correspondent David
:25:02. > :25:04.Porter is at Downing Street. David, that was a relieved man, David
:25:05. > :25:12.Cameron there are, this morning, wasn't it? It was. That is the
:25:13. > :25:16.overwhelming emotion. It was almost an audible sigh of relief, when they
:25:17. > :25:20.found out that Scotland was not going to vote for independence. It
:25:21. > :25:30.has been a pretty extraordinary 24 hours. David Cameron did not know if
:25:31. > :25:34.the UK was going to be dissolved this morning, whether Scotland was
:25:35. > :25:37.going to say it wanted to go its own way, and whether David Cameron would
:25:38. > :25:42.be facing calls from his own back inches to go this morning, because
:25:43. > :25:46.he had lost the union. That did not happen. That place behind me has
:25:47. > :25:50.seen some pretty momentous events over the years, and I think what we
:25:51. > :25:57.have seen in the last 24 hours is up with those. In effect, what we now
:25:58. > :26:00.have, following David Cameron's announcement, is a constitutional
:26:01. > :26:05.building site. We do not have definite plans, we have vague
:26:06. > :26:09.sketches. Now, they have to put those sketches into plans and
:26:10. > :26:13.deliver them, on a quick timescale as well. There is scepticism that he
:26:14. > :26:21.and his coalition government can push this through in the time
:26:22. > :26:24.available as well? Yes, we are talking about multifaceted
:26:25. > :26:31.constitutional change, affecting the whole of the UK. They say that they
:26:32. > :26:36.want to get some ideas by November, they want draft legislation by
:26:37. > :26:40.January. That is fine, and we have a general election which will get in
:26:41. > :26:43.the way of that, so it is virtually impossible that we will get
:26:44. > :26:48.legislation on the statute books for the general election. I say that
:26:49. > :26:53.because MPs will want to scrutinise it very carefully. Also, the House
:26:54. > :26:58.of Lords will want to look at it, and they love looking in detail at
:26:59. > :27:01.constitutional reform. So, the likelihood is that the new
:27:02. > :27:05.government which comes in at Westminster, whatever complexion it
:27:06. > :27:08.is, will be signed up to constitutional reform. It will be
:27:09. > :27:12.for the next Parliament at Westminster to deliver that, but it
:27:13. > :27:16.will not be easy. There are many Conservative backbenchers who say,
:27:17. > :27:19.we are happy for Scotland to have more powers, but we also want
:27:20. > :27:26.England to have more powers, and we have our old friend, the West
:27:27. > :27:31.Lothian question, regarding how the Scottish MPs vote. It will not be
:27:32. > :27:34.easy, it will not be quick, to sort this out. But there will be people
:27:35. > :27:41.in Downing Street tonight who will be sleeping a lot easier than they
:27:42. > :27:45.did last night. Thank you very much. We will have more analysis of what
:27:46. > :27:49.this means for Scotland in the next half-hour of this specially extended
:27:50. > :27:56.Reporting Scotland. First, the weather continues as normal, and so
:27:57. > :28:02.does Christopher, who has got the forecast. Fairly cloudy this
:28:03. > :28:08.afternoon. Still fairly misty conditions across eastern parts of
:28:09. > :28:12.the country. We will have some outbreaks of patchy rain across the
:28:13. > :28:19.Highlands and Islands, working southwards and eastwards. Further
:28:20. > :28:24.east, a bit cooler. Down the east coast, quite murky through the
:28:25. > :28:29.afternoon. This cold front will be working south and eastwards, behind
:28:30. > :28:32.it, cooler, fresher and brighter conditions. Brightening up across
:28:33. > :28:43.the western Isles before dusk this evening. Elsewhere, through the
:28:44. > :28:50.central belt and the south, fairly cloudy, misty and the Key. Further
:28:51. > :28:55.north, quite chilly at times. To the weekend, brighter than recent days,
:28:56. > :29:01.and generally fresher, too, but still rather settled, thanks to the
:29:02. > :29:04.high pressure. Tomorrow morning, still quite cloudy through the
:29:05. > :29:13.central belt and the south, with light morning rain, which pushes
:29:14. > :29:24.away. : Firstly, in the north-west, tending to cloud over. Temperatures,
:29:25. > :29:28.up to the high teens. Overnight, some clear skies and it could be
:29:29. > :29:35.quite chilly, certainly in the countryside. On Sunday, that high
:29:36. > :29:43.pressure is firmly in charge. Sunday will be reasonably dry with some
:29:44. > :29:50.bright and sunny spells. Temperature wise, 16-18 Celsius. Monday, once
:29:51. > :29:53.again, reasonably dry and bright through the central belt and the
:29:54. > :29:59.south and east. That is the forecast.
:30:00. > :30:06.You are watching a specially extended referendum special of
:30:07. > :30:10.Reporting Scotland. As we have seen, Scots have been engaged in
:30:11. > :30:15.this debate in a way which has seldom been seen before. We have
:30:16. > :30:21.heard from the politicians, but how have the people of Scotland reacted
:30:22. > :30:24.to last night's vote? As Scotland woke up to a no vote, it
:30:25. > :30:31.brought both jubilation and devastation. Such was the passion in
:30:32. > :30:39.this campaign, today was always going to be painful for the side
:30:40. > :30:43.that lost. Absolutely gutted. Eich cannot believe 55% of Scotland voted
:30:44. > :30:49.against our country being a country. It just does not make sense to me.
:30:50. > :30:54.Control of our own affairs, it was on a plate for us, we should have
:30:55. > :31:03.had it. For many know supporters, it was a time to breathe a sigh of
:31:04. > :31:09.relief. Absolutely delighted. I was hoping that the union would stay
:31:10. > :31:18.together. It is more of a relief situation, rather than, oh, dear,
:31:19. > :31:24.what is going to happen? Everybody is taking a step back and thinking,
:31:25. > :31:27.we have got a strong society. George Square in Glasgow was a rallying
:31:28. > :31:30.point for supporters of independence. This morning, the
:31:31. > :31:37.result was too much for some to bear.
:31:38. > :31:41.Decisions meant for Scotland should be made in Scotland. I am really
:31:42. > :31:46.disappointed I genuinely thought it was going to be a yes. I hope that
:31:47. > :31:50.we get more powers, and I hope that stuff happens. For those who
:31:51. > :31:55.campaigned so hard, the dream had slipped through their fingers.
:31:56. > :31:59.Beyond devastated. I thought we had a chance of something special. We
:32:00. > :32:04.created something special with the grassroots movement, and I still
:32:05. > :32:08.think we can build on it. Others believe that every voter can gain
:32:09. > :32:12.from this result. The winner is in social democracy, no question. We
:32:13. > :32:18.have shown it. It is the politics of the people, as opposed to the
:32:19. > :32:22.politics of the parliamentarians. I think the political establishment of
:32:23. > :32:27.Westminster has really come under severe scrutiny. The Better Together
:32:28. > :32:31.supporters believe the result vindicated their quieter, more
:32:32. > :32:36.low-key campaign, which played up the risks of independence grumpy
:32:37. > :32:41.people who were yes voters, when they came high street in the last
:32:42. > :32:47.few days, with placards waving in their face, they thought, this is
:32:48. > :32:55.not the Scotland I want. In fact, attack ticks by the SNP have
:32:56. > :33:00.persuaded many voters to vote no. This referendum is supposed to
:33:01. > :33:03.settle the issue for a generation, but there are many who have been
:33:04. > :33:15.left unsatisfied by Scotland's choice. What about the campaign
:33:16. > :33:18.whose message prevailed, Better Together? They were often viewed as
:33:19. > :33:22.not as visible or effective on the ground as their opponents, but they
:33:23. > :33:28.won in the end, I10 percentage points. Our correspondent is at
:33:29. > :33:39.their headquarters in Glasgow. They are probably all asleep? Yes, in a
:33:40. > :33:45.word the mood is quiet. In the heart of Glasgow, just outside the
:33:46. > :33:49.headquarters, the lights are on, but nobody is home at the moment. They
:33:50. > :33:55.do have other offices, but they are empty at the moment as well. John
:33:56. > :33:59.Reid, the last to together big beast who we heard from, I spoke to him at
:34:00. > :34:04.ten o'clock this morning, by which time he had been on his feet for 27
:34:05. > :34:09.hours. Perhaps we cannot begrudge them a little bit of sleep. I am
:34:10. > :34:13.joined by the political correspondent from the Glasgow
:34:14. > :34:19.evening times, Stuart Paterson. Thank you for staying up with us
:34:20. > :34:23.first of all. Better Together, it got a lot of criticism along the
:34:24. > :34:29.way, and yet it prevailed How Do You Analyse That? Ultimately, The Only
:34:30. > :34:34.Poll That Matters Is The Final Result, So Better Together Are The
:34:35. > :34:37.Ones Celebrating. But if you look at the direction of travel of the
:34:38. > :34:41.campaigns, but together were trying to hold on their support, and yes
:34:42. > :34:46.Scotland was chipping away at it, and they did so very successfully.
:34:47. > :34:50.It was only in the last few days that Better Together started to get
:34:51. > :34:56.their Key messages through, that there were risks. They started to
:34:57. > :35:01.increase the family of nations idea and the benefits of the UK. Both of
:35:02. > :35:06.them together started to make an impact, and I think that was perhaps
:35:07. > :35:11.what did it. A lot of people felt it was quite a negative campaign at
:35:12. > :35:16.times, the Better Together Campaign, and obviously it has won,
:35:17. > :35:24.does that show that negativity pays? Perhaps. As I say, they emphasised
:35:25. > :35:28.the risks of leaving the UK, bit too much in the early part of the
:35:29. > :35:32.campaign. That was why the yes campaign was able to say they were
:35:33. > :35:37.negative. People were saying Labour was in bed with the Tories, and
:35:38. > :35:41.saying that it was a Westminster elite telling Scotland what to do.
:35:42. > :35:45.But once they started to introduce the family of nations idea, the
:35:46. > :35:51.NHS, the Armed Forces, the benefits of written, the perceived benefits,
:35:52. > :35:54.then that did start to make a difference. When the Prime Minister
:35:55. > :35:58.came up last week, which normally you would think would do nothing,
:35:59. > :36:03.other than increase a yes vote, he changed his message, and it was not
:36:04. > :36:08.like when George Osborne came and said, you cannot have the pound, we
:36:09. > :36:13.are telling you what to do... This was a plea from the rest of the UK
:36:14. > :36:16.to say, these stay with us, presenting a softer side. It may not
:36:17. > :36:21.have worked all over the country, but I think it worked in enough
:36:22. > :36:28.places to hold the vote together. Thank you very much for joining us.
:36:29. > :36:32.No signs of life at the moment. I am sure that will change later in the
:36:33. > :36:36.day. Well, it is business as usual
:36:37. > :36:42.today, according to RBS and others in the financial services. Today,
:36:43. > :36:46.our economics correspondent has been gauging business and market
:36:47. > :36:50.reaction. You are joining us here in a very
:36:51. > :36:59.drizzly Edinburgh this morning, with three guests. First of all, Brian
:37:00. > :37:04.Souter, 1 of Scotland's most famous entrepreneurs - what is your
:37:05. > :37:10.reaction this morning? Initially, it was one of disappointment, because I
:37:11. > :37:15.supported independence. But as I reflect on the journey we have come
:37:16. > :37:19.on, I feel we have achieved a great deal, we have guaranteed that the
:37:20. > :37:25.Barnett formula will be continued, which is very important for funding
:37:26. > :37:29.health care and education. There was talk of that being abandoned. We
:37:30. > :37:33.have also got a promise of more powers, and we will hold the
:37:34. > :37:37.unionist parties to that promise. And also, we have had an amazing
:37:38. > :37:45.flowering of democracy. This has acted as a catalyst, and we have had
:37:46. > :37:50.people engaging and voting who have not voted for 30-40 years. The
:37:51. > :37:53.turnout has been amazing. I feel the whole of the UK will benefit.
:37:54. > :37:59.Nothing will really be the same again. You personally gave ?1
:38:00. > :38:07.million to the SNP as part of the yes campaign, was it well spent? I
:38:08. > :38:12.think it was. The yes campaign ran an amazing campaign, which was very
:38:13. > :38:16.positive. When we started this process two years ago, we were
:38:17. > :38:22.polling about 30% for independence, and we have just got 45%. It is an
:38:23. > :38:28.amazing achievement. The Key issue is that we have got another 400,000
:38:29. > :38:34.people onto the voting register, and most of these people were
:38:35. > :38:38.disenfranchised. A lot of them you would describe as urban poor. That
:38:39. > :38:42.is where a lot of the yes vote was lying. I think if these people are
:38:43. > :38:44.re-engaged with politics, and we can keep them voting, then I think it
:38:45. > :38:58.would be a price worth paying. And enterprise. In the vocal about
:38:59. > :39:01.your concerns and those of the financial industry around
:39:02. > :39:07.independence. What is your reaction? Any of the uncertainties that would
:39:08. > :39:11.have been created by a yes vote will now no longer concern us and our
:39:12. > :39:15.businesses looking to the future and making the most of our assets as one
:39:16. > :39:18.of the best juristic chins in the world for the conduct of financial
:39:19. > :39:22.services. There are more powers to come and that has been made clear.
:39:23. > :39:25.The Prime Minister repeated that this morning. We look forward in
:39:26. > :39:29.participating with those discussions. The big questions that
:39:30. > :39:32.were leading companies to make contingency plans around currency
:39:33. > :39:38.and financial regulation, those big issues for our industry have now
:39:39. > :39:41.receded and we can focus on the future and taking advantage of the
:39:42. > :39:46.many opportunities we have as part of the UK. We have heard from plenty
:39:47. > :39:49.of companies this morning, including RBS are saying that their
:39:50. > :39:55.contingency plans are not needed. Business as usual? To some extent,
:39:56. > :39:58.yes. There are market opportunities and we are incredibly well placed to
:39:59. > :40:03.take advantage of them. This has been a necessary and valuable
:40:04. > :40:06.process. It has brought up interesting points of discussion for
:40:07. > :40:11.the industry and for the population as a whole. But as I say, what we
:40:12. > :40:16.can confirm is that we are part of the UK, part of that jurisdictional
:40:17. > :40:21.framework. We are one of the most sustainable in the world. And we are
:40:22. > :40:28.looking forward to the future. And finally, and Richards from Aberdeen
:40:29. > :40:33.Asset Management. The currency market opened strong this morning.
:40:34. > :40:37.The pound is trading high against the euro and the dollar. Is that a
:40:38. > :40:41.reaction to the vote? I think the market was broadly expecting a no
:40:42. > :40:46.vote, so that is how we were positioned across the markets. I
:40:47. > :40:49.think what you were seeing is partly relief from that, but also a
:40:50. > :40:55.reflection of what is going on in the wider market. From your point of
:40:56. > :41:00.view, you tread a careful line throughout the referendum debate.
:41:01. > :41:05.What happens to your company, going forwards? As you have been hearing,
:41:06. > :41:09.it is business as usual. We felt that Scotland would flourish one way
:41:10. > :41:13.or another, regardless. We are obviously pleased to be continuing
:41:14. > :41:16.to be part of the UK, to be able to do business across one United
:41:17. > :41:19.Kingdom in terms of goods and services. Future will continue to
:41:20. > :41:25.bring challenges and we will need them as and when. It literally is
:41:26. > :41:27.business as usual for people in Edinburgh with plenty of people
:41:28. > :41:32.heading into the office back into work on this interesting morning, as
:41:33. > :41:37.we see things panning out for the business community here in
:41:38. > :41:44.Edinburgh. Straight back to our political reporter, Andrew Kaar, and
:41:45. > :41:48.the Scottish Parliament. Earlier, we heard from John Swinney, and I'm now
:41:49. > :41:52.joined by the leader of the Scottish LeBron Democrats, Willie Rennie, a
:41:53. > :41:55.key figure in Better Together. Thank you for joining us. What is the mood
:41:56. > :42:02.of this afternoon two gleeful, gloating? Relief, I think. Scotland
:42:03. > :42:09.has made the right decision. Britain will never be the same again. There
:42:10. > :42:13.are reverberations throughout the UK already. The Prime Minister has
:42:14. > :42:18.reacted immediately and Nick Clegg was up here making the same point.
:42:19. > :42:22.They have appointed chairman to the commission that will move forward
:42:23. > :42:26.the more powers agenda. I want to pick up, 1.5 million people in
:42:27. > :42:30.Scotland looking for independence. The city of Glasgow wanted
:42:31. > :42:36.independence. This is a wake-up call for the union. Absolutely. We are
:42:37. > :42:41.listening to what people have said and what they have expressed. And
:42:42. > :42:45.what they have expressed is that they want change. The people who
:42:46. > :42:50.voted no also want to change. That is what was on offer from the Better
:42:51. > :42:54.Together camp. Substantial change. That is why we have to make sure
:42:55. > :43:00.that this substantial change is a livered for the long-term to the
:43:01. > :43:03.benefit of Scotland. So substantial change but three different offerings
:43:04. > :43:09.from the three main prounion parties. How can you guarantee that
:43:10. > :43:13.you do not just negotiate down to the lowest common to nominate? That
:43:14. > :43:18.is not what this process is about. -- lowest common to nominate. John
:43:19. > :43:23.Swinney and the SNP have joined the process, so for the first time, we
:43:24. > :43:27.have all four parties in the room. I think that that creative energy that
:43:28. > :43:32.has been handed to us by this referendum will mean that we can get
:43:33. > :43:37.the missing powers from this parliament that will allow us to
:43:38. > :43:41.have a flexible, agile Parliament to meet the needs of Scotland. It is a
:43:42. > :43:46.tight timescale. Lord Smith has been appointed as a timekeeper character
:43:47. > :43:52.to make sure you deliver. It is unrealistic, isn't it? Not at all.
:43:53. > :43:55.We have been working on this process for three years. I asked Menzies
:43:56. > :44:02.Campbell to write his report in 2011. The Tories and Labour Party
:44:03. > :44:07.have done likewise. I'm sure that the SNP and the government have been
:44:08. > :44:10.working up their own proposals, under the circumstances that they
:44:11. > :44:15.were going to lose. I think that the technical work has been done. We
:44:16. > :44:18.have to find out how to build the best possible package. I want the
:44:19. > :44:22.Scottish Parliament to do something different. If people of Scotland
:44:23. > :44:25.wants to do something different, they should have the powers to do
:44:26. > :44:29.so. That is mainly about fundraising powers, so that we raise money we
:44:30. > :44:35.spend here. So that we control the purse strings, and we can do
:44:36. > :44:38.something different. We will have to leave it there. Thank you for
:44:39. > :44:46.joining us. And with that, it is back to Sally in Glasgow. A
:44:47. > :44:49.political campaign of unprecedented proportions, one that developed into
:44:50. > :44:53.a genuine national conversation. Many hopes were raised, many
:44:54. > :45:01.passions engaged. Our social affairs correspondent examines how the two
:45:02. > :45:08.sides might be reconciled, and indeed if reconciliation is required
:45:09. > :45:13.once the dust settles. We're best friends. Yes. The debate has always
:45:14. > :45:20.been rigorous and rarely rancorous but there have been flash point
:45:21. > :45:29.moments. I am Labour. Up here with your redcoats and your 30 pieces of
:45:30. > :45:34.silver! 30 pieces of silver! I will give you 30 pieces of silver to shut
:45:35. > :45:39.up. John Prescott was courting labour voters for the no campaign.
:45:40. > :45:40.Such high-profile visitors have inevitably attracted
:45:41. > :45:49.counterdemonstrations from the opposite side.
:45:50. > :45:53.But with so many people prepared to come out onto the streets to show
:45:54. > :45:56.their support for each camp, will it be possible for the country to come
:45:57. > :46:02.together again now that the result is known? One big name in the
:46:03. > :46:05.campaign, Margo MacDonald, has not been able to take part personally.
:46:06. > :46:09.At her message has been taken around the country by her widower am I who
:46:10. > :46:16.told her memorial service after her death offers -- of her hopes after
:46:17. > :46:22.the result. That at one minute past ten, whatever the result, she wanted
:46:23. > :46:26.those divisions to end and this nation to seek unity of purpose.
:46:27. > :46:32.APPLAUSE. If she could debate without
:46:33. > :46:38.conceding one iota of principle, but do so without venom, so can we all.
:46:39. > :46:44.If she could respect the rights of the other side to their opinions, so
:46:45. > :46:52.can we all. That is what happened in Quebec in
:46:53. > :46:56.1995. The no campaign prevailed with a tiny margin, just 50,000 votes
:46:57. > :47:01.from an electorate slightly larger in Scotland today. Observers say
:47:02. > :47:06.that despite that, Canada was not written asunder, but there was
:47:07. > :47:10.subsequent consensus that the referendum had been a vitally
:47:11. > :47:15.important matter. There was a recognition that it had been a very
:47:16. > :47:21.bruising experience for the electorate. It was a divisive issue.
:47:22. > :47:27.It was a close result but a result that really mattered. It was not a
:47:28. > :47:30.result that was close on an issue that was unimportant. One of the key
:47:31. > :47:32.battle grounds in the referendum campaign has been business and
:47:33. > :47:38.commerce. Business leaders insisted that uncertainty is what they are
:47:39. > :47:46.poorer. Today, at least, there is certainty. -- that they are poorer.
:47:47. > :47:51.The sooner that the Scottish government or the Westminster
:47:52. > :47:57.government can actually provide real insight then, the sooner business
:47:58. > :48:00.will be reassured and be able to pass on that reassurance to the
:48:01. > :48:05.workforce and investors and, most importantly, to the customers to
:48:06. > :48:11.demonstrate that Scotland remains a very, very good place to do
:48:12. > :48:13.business. The Church of Scotland is holding a reconciliation service at
:48:14. > :48:16.Saint Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh on Sunday the moderator believes
:48:17. > :48:23.that the recent national conversation will leaves Scots
:48:24. > :48:26.society stronger. The remarkable thing about the campaign is that
:48:27. > :48:32.Sony people have been involved. Not in my lifetime has that been any
:48:33. > :48:37.issue over which the civic voice of Scotland has been heard and saw
:48:38. > :48:40.clearly. And when you have a process that generates that much involvement
:48:41. > :48:50.and that much interest, it must be good. But what we need after the
:48:51. > :48:56.referendum is the same amount of civic involvement but on the same
:48:57. > :49:00.side. With a heavy turnout, it is inevitable that many people will be
:49:01. > :49:04.disappointed today. Had that is managed holds the key to the future
:49:05. > :49:10.for all of Scotland. -- how that is managed.
:49:11. > :49:13.Man cast with -- asked with bringing the main parties together to agree
:49:14. > :49:17.of what -- on what powers the Scottish Parliament should have is
:49:18. > :49:21.Lord Kelvin. He says that although the timescale is short on confidence
:49:22. > :49:26.can get agreement. In many ways, I would prefer a timeline that you can
:49:27. > :49:29.actually see. Instead of saying let's take two years to debate this.
:49:30. > :49:34.Why do not think the electorate wants to wait that much longer. They
:49:35. > :49:37.have had their say and a lot of things have been sent during the
:49:38. > :49:42.campaign. They actually want all of that energy, the Fort to be put into
:49:43. > :49:48.action, but they do not want to wait eight months to see that action. It
:49:49. > :49:52.is not actually a bad timescale. There is a lot of thought and things
:49:53. > :49:57.have been said already. We know what people want. I wants to make sure
:49:58. > :50:04.that we get to the fact. I will delivered by the 30th of November.
:50:05. > :50:08.With me now is the Mr for local government and planning, Derek
:50:09. > :50:12.Mackay, and Jackson Tallo of the Scottish Conservatives. Derek
:50:13. > :50:18.Mackay, you agree that it can be done? Do you believe the parties? It
:50:19. > :50:25.is an ambitious timescale, considering what has to be achieved.
:50:26. > :50:28.It absolutely must be done. First of all, I thought the yes campaign was
:50:29. > :50:32.a fantastic campaign of ingenuity, creativity and substance full stop I
:50:33. > :50:39.want to thank all of those who voted yes. 1.6 million people engaging in
:50:40. > :50:43.this process. And the choice. It was not the status quo versus change. It
:50:44. > :50:47.was change. Everyone agreed on that. More powers to the Scottish
:50:48. > :50:51.Parliament, independence, that was the spectrum. The onus is on the
:50:52. > :50:57.Westminster parties to deliver on that. But yes, regular levels of
:50:58. > :51:01.engagement and we should harness that is to unite the country and
:51:02. > :51:05.move forward. The Scottish government, of course, will play a
:51:06. > :51:09.part in that. And how do you envisage your part? What would you
:51:10. > :51:13.do now? The people have spoken and in accepting the results, we accept
:51:14. > :51:16.that Scotland has called for change and Scotland must not fall off the
:51:17. > :51:27.Westminster Raider as we approach the election. -- radar. We have no
:51:28. > :51:32.details as we reach that process. Those discussions will begin but the
:51:33. > :51:36.reason we want to dissipate, that is what people would expect. Scotland
:51:37. > :51:41.had a great debate about what kind of country we seek and how we get
:51:42. > :51:44.there. I am disappointed in the result because wanted independence
:51:45. > :51:48.and the powers and resources of independence. But we will make the
:51:49. > :51:52.best of it. We will always move forward and pursue Scotland's
:51:53. > :51:58.interests. It is ambitious to get proposals and legislation by January
:51:59. > :52:05.of Scotland expects. Jackson, you and the other parties carry a huge
:52:06. > :52:11.responsibility, carrying the hopes and dreams of many Scots who voted
:52:12. > :52:15.both ways for a better Scotland. For two points. Firstly, when we have
:52:16. > :52:19.had these debates previously, my party has been on the other side of
:52:20. > :52:22.the argument and we have not seen the degree of unanimity that there
:52:23. > :52:26.is now within the unionist parties to deliver this. But all the talk
:52:27. > :52:31.over the last few days was, will the party be able to take the initiative
:52:32. > :52:37.two I think today, we saw the Prime Minister acting decisively to move
:52:38. > :52:39.this forward. Acknowledging the concerns of backbenchers in England
:52:40. > :52:44.who do not object to additional powers but were frustrated that that
:52:45. > :52:48.may leave England and other parts of the UK on the sidelines. I believe
:52:49. > :52:50.what he has done today is demonstrate to the people of
:52:51. > :52:54.Scotland that he has acknowledged the result, listened to the result,
:52:55. > :52:59.and he is now determined to see that the agenda goes forward with the
:53:00. > :53:02.party leaders. And we are very enthusiastic about it. I think that
:53:03. > :53:04.is the difference this time around. The Unionist parties are
:53:05. > :53:09.enthusiastic about the Scottish Parliament. Do you agree that this
:53:10. > :53:15.is the last chance saloon for the union? I do not see it like that.
:53:16. > :53:17.This was a debate of a lifetime and that. This was a debate of a
:53:18. > :53:21.lifetime and etiquette has resolved the issue for a lifetime. It is
:53:22. > :53:26.pretty decisive. The last campaign with this fanfare was the Barack
:53:27. > :53:30.Obama presidential election and he only won by six points, described as
:53:31. > :53:34.a landslide. We're not using this language but it was a decisive
:53:35. > :53:37.result. I think it is better that it was because I think it would have
:53:38. > :53:41.been more divisive for people to come together if people had seen a
:53:42. > :53:47.narrow result. He might have thought, if only we had done a bit
:53:48. > :53:50.more. I don't want to be churlish but some people in the no
:53:51. > :53:54.campaigners said they had to get a better result than this for it to be
:53:55. > :53:59.landing M80 but we absolutely accept the results. 45% is very
:54:00. > :54:05.respectable. In the face of some of the scaremongering we encountered.
:54:06. > :54:12.Will there be another referendum? If there is no challenge, then there
:54:13. > :54:15.must be change. We have prevented that challenge and it will lead to
:54:16. > :54:20.change in Scotland. Westminster has to respond accordingly, because
:54:21. > :54:25.there will be consequences if they do not because the people will not
:54:26. > :54:29.have the issue forgotten. This is not the end of Scotland's
:54:30. > :54:32.constitutional journey. In fact it is a exciting new phase. You could
:54:33. > :54:38.see a push for another referendum from the SMB? The First Minister
:54:39. > :54:42.said that this was a once in a generation opportunity that said, I
:54:43. > :54:47.will make it clear that Westminster is not off the hook. Westminster
:54:48. > :54:54.must deliver on what the people have asked for. Finally, there has been a
:54:55. > :55:00.genuinely inspiring national conversation and many people have
:55:01. > :55:04.referred to it. How is that going to continue? There is a sense of
:55:05. > :55:10.reinvigorated democratic energy in Scotland. Will you play a part in
:55:11. > :55:12.making that continue? Absolutely. We want to embrace that in the
:55:13. > :55:17.discussion that happens going forward. But we should also be
:55:18. > :55:20.honest enough to say that when you ask people an important question,
:55:21. > :55:26.that is when they get engaged. Thank you both. And that is it from
:55:27. > :55:29.Reporting Scotland, a specially extended lunch time special. This
:55:30. > :55:34.evening's programme will also be one hour along with more reflection and
:55:35. > :55:36.analysis. One out, a reminder of how this momentous story about the
:55:37. > :56:29.future of Scotland unfolded. Morning.
:56:30. > :56:34.Today is a momentous results for Scotland and also the United Kingdom
:56:35. > :56:38.as a whole. We have reaffirmed all that we have in common and the bonds
:56:39. > :56:46.that tie us together. Let them never be broken. APPLAUSE. On the half of
:56:47. > :56:52.the Scottish government, I accept the result. The Unionist parties
:56:53. > :57:01.made those late in the campaign to devolve more powers to Scotland.
:57:02. > :57:17.Vows. Scotland will expected these to be honoured in rapid course.
:57:18. > :57:23.I did not want independence at any point. I thought it was a very good
:57:24. > :57:29.opportunity and it is sad that we have missed out on it. I've stayed
:57:30. > :57:34.up all night. I am relieved. I am really, really disappointed.