:00:08. > :00:16.CHEERING No to independence: Scotland makes
:00:17. > :00:23.its decision and chooses to remain part of the UK. 55% of voters said
:00:24. > :00:28.no to that question, " should Scotland be an independent country?"
:00:29. > :00:33.Turnout was at a record high. Alex Salmond urges Yes supporters not to
:00:34. > :00:39.be downhearted and hailed the record turnout in the referendum as a
:00:40. > :00:43.triumph of the democratic process. We started well and on the distance,
:00:44. > :00:46.we have followed short. But let us look at the distance we have
:00:47. > :00:49.travelled and have confidence that the movement is abroad in Scotland
:00:50. > :00:57.that will take this nation forward and we shall go forward as one
:00:58. > :01:00.nation. After the promises made during the campaign, the result of
:01:01. > :01:03.the referendum needs major changes that the way Scotland, England,
:01:04. > :01:09.Wales and Northern Ireland are governed. To those who voted for
:01:10. > :01:13.independence, we hear you. We now have a chance, a great opportunity
:01:14. > :01:20.to change the way the British people are governed and change it for the
:01:21. > :01:24.better. I am Gavin Esler in Holyrood on the day Scotland decided its
:01:25. > :01:30.destiny. We will have all the reaction here, across Scotland and
:01:31. > :01:34.the rest of the UK. The answer is no but that does not
:01:35. > :01:55.mean no change. We will look at what happens next.
:01:56. > :02:02.Hello and a very good morning from Holyrood. The people of Scotland
:02:03. > :02:07.have spoken. They have voted no to ending more than 300 years of union
:02:08. > :02:11.in the UK. First Minister Alex Salmond has conceded defeat, calling
:02:12. > :02:15.on all of Scotland to accept the result. David Cameron said he was
:02:16. > :02:18.delighted, and the debate was now settled for a generation. He
:02:19. > :02:22.promised a new and fair devolution settlement for all parts of the UK.
:02:23. > :02:27.He said millions of voices in England must now be heard. Here are
:02:28. > :02:34.the results in detail, with all council is now declared. The No
:02:35. > :02:41.campaign got 55% of the vote against 45% per the Yes camp. Turnout was a
:02:42. > :02:44.record 86.4%, with over 3.5 million people turning out to cast their
:02:45. > :02:48.vote on this historic occasion. Only four council areas voted yes,
:02:49. > :02:53.although that included Scotland's largest city, Glasgow and a win in
:02:54. > :02:57.Dundee. All 28 other areas voted no, including Edinburgh, ice and Alex
:02:58. > :03:06.Salmond's own constituency of Aberdeenshire. Iain Watson watch as
:03:07. > :03:09.the results came in. -- Fife. They are shouting yes but they have spent
:03:10. > :03:13.most of this campaign saying no. With all the results now in,
:03:14. > :03:18.supporters of Better Together celebrated Scotland rejecting
:03:19. > :03:22.independence. Their mood was in stark contrast to his, the leader of
:03:23. > :03:26.the Yes campaign, Alex Salmond, about to concede defeat as he left
:03:27. > :03:29.Aberdeenshire. By the time he had arrived in Edinburgh, the brave face
:03:30. > :03:35.was back. He decided to accentuate the positive. Thank you to Scotland
:03:36. > :03:42.for 1.6 million votes for Scottish independence. He called on his
:03:43. > :03:46.supporters to accept defeat. I accept the verdict of the people. I
:03:47. > :03:50.call on all of Scotland to follow suit and except the democratic
:03:51. > :03:58.verdict of the people of Scotland. -- and accept. The leader of the
:03:59. > :04:04.Better Together campaign declared that a no vote did not mean no
:04:05. > :04:09.change. As we celebrate, let us also listen. More than 85% of the
:04:10. > :04:12.Scottish population has voted. People who were disengaged from
:04:13. > :04:17.politics have turned out in large numbers. In Downing Street, the
:04:18. > :04:21.Prime Minister promised more devolution for Scotland, Wales and
:04:22. > :04:25.Northern Ireland but said the question of independence had been
:04:26. > :04:30.decisively answered. Now the debate has been settled for a generation,
:04:31. > :04:35.or as Alex Salmond has said, perhaps for a lifetime. There can be no
:04:36. > :04:40.disputes, no reruns. We have heard the settled will of the Scottish
:04:41. > :04:45.people. But he suggested as a prize of more devolution for Scotland,
:04:46. > :04:49.Scottish MPs might have fewer rights at Westminster. We have heard the
:04:50. > :04:54.voice of Scotland and now the millions of voices of England must
:04:55. > :04:58.also be heard. The question of English votes for Inga Shores, the
:04:59. > :05:05.so-called West Lothian question -- English laws, requires a decisive
:05:06. > :05:09.answer. The first council to declare, Clackmannanshire in central
:05:10. > :05:19.Scotland, set the tone with a majority rejecting independence. No,
:05:20. > :05:22.19,036. CHEERING And the voters in Highland, the last
:05:23. > :05:31.council to give a result, gave the same answer. No, 87,739. The Yes
:05:32. > :05:43.campaign got the consolation of winning in Glasgow, Scotland's
:05:44. > :05:52.largest city. Yes, 194,000. No, 169,347. Turnout has been high, from
:05:53. > :05:56.75% in Glasgow to more than 90% in sterling. There were high spirits at
:05:57. > :05:59.the No campaign when they heard a majority of voters I decided to
:06:00. > :06:06.embrace the union and voted for Scotland to stay in the UK.
:06:07. > :06:09.About 20 minutes ago, the chief accounting officer, Mary Pitcaithly,
:06:10. > :06:15.delivered the final official declaration.
:06:16. > :06:18.The total number of votes cast in favour of each answer to the
:06:19. > :06:31.referendum question, for the whole of Scotland is as follows. Yes,
:06:32. > :06:44.number of votes, 1,617,989. No, number of votes, 2,001,926. There
:06:45. > :06:48.were 3429 rejected papers. The reasons for rejection are as
:06:49. > :06:57.follows. Want of an official Mark, 16 papers. Voting in favour of both
:06:58. > :07:03.answers, 691 papers. Writing or mark by which the voter could be
:07:04. > :07:14.identified, 168 papers. An marked or void for uncertainty, 2554 papers.
:07:15. > :07:18.Mary Pitcaithly, who admitted before the vote she was slightly nervous it
:07:19. > :07:22.would go without a hitch and indeed it did. As expected, there has been
:07:23. > :07:28.a huge amount of reaction here in Scotland, across the UK and abroad
:07:29. > :07:31.to the result. The mayor London, Boris Johnson said the outcome was a
:07:32. > :07:35.great day for Britain and a fantastic day for British
:07:36. > :07:39.democracy. Ukip leader Nigel Farage writes to Scottish MPs, asking them
:07:40. > :07:43.not to vote on English issues, which is something we will hear about a
:07:44. > :07:45.lot during the course of today. NATO Secretary General said he is
:07:46. > :07:49.confident the UK will continue to play a leading role in keeping the
:07:50. > :07:53.alliance strong following the result. So how did we get to this
:07:54. > :08:01.result? Jeremy Vine has taken a closer look.
:08:02. > :08:05.Yes on 45%, no of 55%, a clear 10% margin for the No campaign, wider
:08:06. > :08:09.than anything the polls were telling us in the fortnight running up to
:08:10. > :08:14.this dramatic day and night of voting and counting. Let me show you
:08:15. > :08:22.the map of Scotland after this result. We have coloured in the
:08:23. > :08:28.areas where the No campaign won the vote in red. You can see the four
:08:29. > :08:34.areas where the Yes campaign was ahead, Glasgow and surrounding
:08:35. > :08:39.areas, Dundee in the north-east. But largely, the map is coloured in red.
:08:40. > :08:43.If I take you back to the 32 council areas in which the voting was
:08:44. > :08:48.counted, you can see it is awash with red with so many councils,
:08:49. > :08:53.looking for the four green ones and if I order them, we will find them.
:08:54. > :08:59.Glasgow, the biggest, and North Lanarkshire, another big council. It
:09:00. > :09:02.was not enough. Edinburgh, five, South Lanarkshire and Aberdeenshire,
:09:03. > :09:08.the other huge councils went with no. The first results we had came in
:09:09. > :09:14.on the smaller councils like Clackmannanshire, Shetland, Orkney
:09:15. > :09:17.all coming in early in the evening and all going with no. It was quite
:09:18. > :09:25.some time before Dundee city became the first yes. After this
:09:26. > :09:33.extraordinary night, I can show you a spread of these council areas. No
:09:34. > :09:37.on this side and yes on this side. It illustrates, we won't call it a
:09:38. > :09:41.whitewash, this margin, but it is certainly a very convincing victory
:09:42. > :09:46.for those who argued that Scotland should stay in the UK. Look at these
:09:47. > :09:50.four councils, the yes votes. Dundee, West Dumbarton share,
:09:51. > :09:55.Glasgow and North Lanarkshire, the only four out of 32. Rundown with
:09:56. > :09:58.me, and you can see the other councils, you can see the margins
:09:59. > :10:03.increasing as you come down here, until we get to the councils which
:10:04. > :10:08.voted no most decisively. Scottish Borders, Dumfries Galloway,
:10:09. > :10:13.conservative leaning, on the border with England, Orkney and Shetland,
:10:14. > :10:17.the island councils. This was convincing, as you can see, in the
:10:18. > :10:20.end, only four council areas going with the arguments of those who said
:10:21. > :10:30.Scotland should leave the UK. Let's have a look at what the
:10:31. > :10:33.newspapers are saying. Most of them, perhaps all the ones I've got, went
:10:34. > :10:38.to bed before we got the final result but we got a nod as to how it
:10:39. > :10:45.was going to go. The Scotsman has, "the nation speaks". The Times has,
:10:46. > :10:51."no camper digs victory". -- camp predicts victory. This will be one
:10:52. > :10:54.of the themes of today, "now we must pull together". There will be a
:10:55. > :11:00.church service of reconciliation over the weekend. " Churchmen and
:11:01. > :11:04.leaders call for the nation to unite". The interesting thing will
:11:05. > :11:08.be discussing the future devolution package whether Alex Salmond and the
:11:09. > :11:10.SNP will be part of it, or if they wait to see what Westminster comes
:11:11. > :11:17.up with and then agrees or reject it. The Daily Mail has Andy Murray
:11:18. > :11:25.facing a backlash for supporting Yes. But the main headline is, "a
:11:26. > :11:30.new dawn for Scotland". The daily record has a picture of a young
:11:31. > :11:36.child, perhaps not surprisingly, whose future will be determined by
:11:37. > :11:40.this vote. The daily Star says, "reunited we stand". And the sun has
:11:41. > :11:47.a man holding a placard saying, "the beginning is night". We're not sure
:11:48. > :11:55.if he has inside information but Norman Smith might have. Your
:11:56. > :11:59.thoughts about the result first. I am at the rally that the Labour
:12:00. > :12:03.Party are holding, a very relieved Labour Party, after their vote held
:12:04. > :12:06.up much better than expected in some of the West Coast constituencies. Ed
:12:07. > :12:18.Miliband will be coming in any moment now. APPLAUSE
:12:19. > :12:21.His message we understand will be recognising that the Scottish people
:12:22. > :12:25.have voted but also, he will be stressing that in the constitutional
:12:26. > :12:29.changes that are now going to take place, they must be driven by the
:12:30. > :12:33.people and not by the politicians. It has to be a grass-roots change.
:12:34. > :12:36.It cannot be Westminster simply imposing change on the Scottish
:12:37. > :12:46.people. That will be part of his message today. Presumably also they
:12:47. > :12:50.will be paying tribute to Gordon Brown's contribution, rather late in
:12:51. > :12:53.the day, some people thought, but he made what many believe was one of
:12:54. > :13:00.the greatest beaches of his life in the past week. -- greatest speeches.
:13:01. > :13:03.There is no doubt that Gordon Brown's intervention was pivotal
:13:04. > :13:07.insuring up the Labour vote. I went to a few of his rallies and it was
:13:08. > :13:12.extraordinary, the way he galvanised and motivated Labour Party support.
:13:13. > :13:17.There was a worry that because Alex Salmond had sought to present the
:13:18. > :13:21.SNP and independence as opening up the option of a more socially just
:13:22. > :13:24.Scotland, that might lead to a haemorrhaging in Labour support.
:13:25. > :13:27.Gordon Brown was brought in in the latter stages of the campaign, and
:13:28. > :13:32.you sense that really started to reverse it, solidifying the Labour
:13:33. > :13:39.vote with a much more traditional message. I suspect he will be viewed
:13:40. > :13:43.as one of the savers of the union, certainly one of the people who
:13:44. > :13:52.managed to stop many Labour voters going to the SNP. This is Joanna
:13:53. > :13:55.Lamont. Just to say, firstly, thank you everyone, very much for
:13:56. > :14:00.everything you have done to get us as secure as a result as we got
:14:01. > :14:04.yesterday. -- as secure a result. Duminy people to mention but all the
:14:05. > :14:08.politicians all know how much they did to deliver this result. I
:14:09. > :14:11.particularly want to thank all of our activists. We have done a
:14:12. > :14:17.fantastic job over a huge amount of time, under the greatest pressure,
:14:18. > :14:20.to make sure that our message of why Scotland should vote no got out into
:14:21. > :14:23.all beginning at ease. I particularly want to thank our young
:14:24. > :14:27.activists because they were absolutely in the front line. We
:14:28. > :14:31.know how difficult and divisive this debate was but right through all of
:14:32. > :14:38.this, you carried yourselves with dignity, pride, passion but never
:14:39. > :14:42.became partisan. It is that sense of commitment that we need to take
:14:43. > :14:49.forward into the next few years. I also know this was a huge job for
:14:50. > :14:52.Scottish Labour. We agreed to work with other parties but much of this
:14:53. > :14:57.campaign was driven by the Scottish Labour Party. As well as that, we
:14:58. > :15:03.were blessed that we came together as a Labour family from right across
:15:04. > :15:10.the UK, to make that case. We were strengthened by the solidarity and
:15:11. > :15:14.community am across our movement, -- right across our movement, giving
:15:15. > :15:18.expression to the solidarity we see in the UK. It was our unity and our
:15:19. > :15:19.strength and I want to thank everyone of you for coming and
:15:20. > :15:36.supporting us in this huge campaign. Yesterday. Everybody in this country
:15:37. > :15:41.voted for Scotland. It was not a No win or a Yes loss. It was the
:15:42. > :15:45.democratically decided position of the people of Scotland that we would
:15:46. > :15:48.stand united in the United Kingdom. That is what the people have decided
:15:49. > :15:54.and that is what we need to work with. We know it was a challenge. We
:15:55. > :15:57.know that people tested these arguments back and forwards, and
:15:58. > :16:03.when we look at this result, we know that it is time to celebrate the
:16:04. > :16:08.strength and energy of our campaign. But we also know it is a time of
:16:09. > :16:12.reflection, because it did divide our communities. There are people
:16:13. > :16:17.across Scotland now who are hurting, who have fought hard campaign as we
:16:18. > :16:22.did, but were on a different side. In this coming period, we must
:16:23. > :16:25.ensure that we conduct this debate in as respectable away as possible
:16:26. > :16:30.and in a way that reaches out to people, who are asking the same
:16:31. > :16:34.questions as asked but are coming to a different conclusion. This is a
:16:35. > :16:38.time to savour but not to be triumphalist. It is a time to
:16:39. > :16:44.reflect, to lick our wounds, to realise there are challenges but not
:16:45. > :16:48.to despair, because Scotland has made a decision. I have to also
:16:49. > :16:53.recognise in this position that we have got to, we should recognise the
:16:54. > :16:57.achievement of Alex Salmond, his lifetime passion getting to a point
:16:58. > :17:02.where this decision was made democratically, with a massive
:17:03. > :17:06.turnout and a massive engagement of the people of Scotland. We know that
:17:07. > :17:09.he and Nicola Sturgeon carried that campaign and drove that campaign and
:17:10. > :17:16.we understand that they will be hurting today. I raise to them both
:17:17. > :17:21.this commitment and this challenge, that in this next period, we need to
:17:22. > :17:24.come together. We understand, all of us, the importance of change in
:17:25. > :17:28.Scotland. We only need to look at what happened in Glasgow, to know
:17:29. > :17:33.that when people were voting yesterday, they were voting for
:17:34. > :17:37.change. Not just words, not just promises, but change absolutely
:17:38. > :17:43.delivered. That change will come all the better, all the stronger, if we
:17:44. > :17:47.draw on the energy and excitement and passion that people displayed
:17:48. > :17:52.over the last period, regardless of whether they were voting Yes or No.
:17:53. > :17:57.Our challenge will be to reach out, will be to open out our thinking
:17:58. > :18:01.beyond ourselves, way beyond politicians to people who understand
:18:02. > :18:04.the challenges that they face in the real world. This is my absolute
:18:05. > :18:09.commitment as the Labour Party leader. We are not retreating to
:18:10. > :18:13.barracks. We are not moving back to speak simply amongst ourselves. You
:18:14. > :18:18.are not hanging up your trainers, you are out there campaigning,
:18:19. > :18:21.meeting and critically listening to people about the change that they
:18:22. > :18:26.desire and the change that we can deliver. That is the challenge for
:18:27. > :18:32.all of us in the next period, to draw on that energy and make it real
:18:33. > :18:38.for people. It is fitting, I think, that we are here in the Emirates
:18:39. > :18:43.building, this fantastic building, created and built by the Labour
:18:44. > :18:47.Council for the people of Glasgow, but borrowed by the Commonwealth
:18:48. > :18:53.Games. It is fitting because when six weeks ago, the people of the
:18:54. > :18:58.world look to Scotland, they saw an open, modern, out with looking,
:18:59. > :19:02.passionate but not partisan Glasgow and Scotland. We have all been
:19:03. > :19:05.troubled in the last period, but when the world was looking at
:19:06. > :19:11.Scotland and looking at Glasgow in the last period, they saw division,
:19:12. > :19:16.they saw rancour and also energy and hope. They saw all of these things.
:19:17. > :19:21.The challenge is, if at the time of the Commonwealth Games we were able
:19:22. > :19:25.to come together, we were able to celebrate and be passionate without
:19:26. > :19:29.being partisan, we can do that again. We can deliver change, we
:19:30. > :19:33.will deliver the powers to the Scottish parliament that will give
:19:34. > :19:37.its strength. But we will also sustain our stability of the United
:19:38. > :19:42.Kingdom. We also know that politics and Scotland will never be the same
:19:43. > :19:49.again. We will all be charged with taking the energy of the last
:19:50. > :19:52.period, and making that political change in the way that we work and
:19:53. > :19:57.campaign, and the way that we listen to people. This place is a symbol of
:19:58. > :20:01.a modern, alt would looking Scotland and a country yearning for change.
:20:02. > :20:05.We are critical in delivering that and I look forward over the next
:20:06. > :20:09.period, when we have all rested, when we have all recognised that the
:20:10. > :20:13.decision has been made, how do we deliver the powers but also, how
:20:14. > :20:17.would we make the Scottish parliament and Scottish politics and
:20:18. > :20:20.the debates through all the political institutions be about
:20:21. > :20:26.people's real lives? I know we will rise to that challenge. We have
:20:27. > :20:31.achieved immense things together. We have won a political argument but we
:20:32. > :20:36.know there are many still to be persuaded. As we carry ourselves
:20:37. > :20:39.forward proudly in what is being achieved, we also have the humility
:20:40. > :20:44.to know that people were responding to a feeling that politics was not
:20:45. > :20:47.about them. Yesterday, politics was about the people and we must make
:20:48. > :20:52.sure that the Labour Party drives that forward in the coming period.
:20:53. > :20:57.Can I thank you all very much for all you have done. We know this is
:20:58. > :21:00.only the beginning of the next and exciting stage of creating and
:21:01. > :21:01.delivering change that the people in this country want.
:21:02. > :21:19.APPLAUSE And with that, can I now ask
:21:20. > :21:23.Alistair Darling to speak to us. We know the immense challenge he has
:21:24. > :21:27.risen to two coming to, heading up Better Together, making the case for
:21:28. > :21:31.Scotland being strong in the United Kingdom and showing that leadership
:21:32. > :21:36.and the passion and commitment, making that case, working with
:21:37. > :21:40.others, a living embodiment of what you can do when you cooperate with
:21:41. > :21:43.others when you have common aims. We are immensely grateful to you for
:21:44. > :21:47.what you have done and I know how much we all appreciate what you have
:21:48. > :21:56.delivered for us. We look forward to hearing from you.
:21:57. > :22:05.Thank you. Last night, we made history. The vote by the Scottish
:22:06. > :22:09.people last night, to say that our future lies in staying with the
:22:10. > :22:15.United Kingdom, has settle this question for a generation. All my
:22:16. > :22:19.adult life, the question has been around us, whether we should break
:22:20. > :22:26.away, whether we should stay part of the United Kingdom. At 6:10am this
:22:27. > :22:31.morning, that question was answered emphatically. 2 million people have
:22:32. > :22:35.voted to say we are Better Together as part of the United Kingdom. We
:22:36. > :22:40.have changed Scotland and we have changed the United Kingdom and we
:22:41. > :22:47.must hold on but for the good of the people we represent. People are
:22:48. > :22:49.desperate for change, change in the constitutional arrangements where we
:22:50. > :22:55.have a strong Scottish Parliament but also people want to see the
:22:56. > :22:59.world in which they live change. They want better jobs, they want
:23:00. > :23:03.more jobs. They want is a key funding for the health service, they
:23:04. > :23:06.want a better education for their children and above all opportunities
:23:07. > :23:10.for their children and grandchildren. We believe we can do
:23:11. > :23:15.that in Scotland but we do it best by working with the rest of the
:23:16. > :23:19.United Kingdom. It is not just constitutions we should be concerned
:23:20. > :23:22.with. Although we have made a clear commitment to the people of Scotland
:23:23. > :23:25.to strengthen the powers of the Scottish Parliament and we must
:23:26. > :23:30.deliver on that. One of the strength I think of the last couple of years
:23:31. > :23:34.as Johann has said, is that we have shown that we can work with other
:23:35. > :23:39.parties, and critically, work with many people of no party at all. One
:23:40. > :23:45.of the encouraging things about last night was not only the fact that the
:23:46. > :23:49.turnout was in the high 80s and some parts of Scotland 90% of the
:23:50. > :23:54.electorate voted, but people were engaged in this argument in a way I
:23:55. > :23:59.have not seen throughout my political life. It does demonstrate
:24:00. > :24:03.to me two things. As I say, we can work with other political parties
:24:04. > :24:07.when we agree with them. We disagree and will have to argue some points
:24:08. > :24:13.but when we agree we should work with each other. Also, if you have a
:24:14. > :24:17.popular cause, a good case to make, then you can accuse people which is
:24:18. > :24:25.something I think all the political parties of this country have to
:24:26. > :24:30.learn -- end use people. We can ensure that what we saw last night
:24:31. > :24:34.was not a one-off but perhaps it is the start of invigorating politics,
:24:35. > :24:37.not just in Scotland but throughout the United Kingdom. That brings me
:24:38. > :24:42.to the final point I want to make. Yes, we work together and the three
:24:43. > :24:48.political parties have entered into an agreement to strengthen the
:24:49. > :24:51.legislation of the Scottish Parliament. We must see that
:24:52. > :24:56.implemented on the timescale that was agreed. But of course, we do
:24:57. > :25:00.have differences with the other political parties on many issues. In
:25:01. > :25:04.just nine months time, this country will go to a general election to
:25:05. > :25:08.choose a government for the next five years. Every single one of us
:25:09. > :25:11.need to be out there hungry for that change, showing that we can
:25:12. > :25:23.demonstrate to people that the change they need for jobs, to make
:25:24. > :25:25.sure we can improve people's standards of living, that we can
:25:26. > :25:28.provide the opportunities that we need in the future, all of those
:25:29. > :25:31.things are absolutely necessary. I'm sure that the enthusiasm that all of
:25:32. > :25:33.you have shown, not just over the last 24 hours, but frankly over the
:25:34. > :25:37.last 24 months, you can keep it going for the next nine months, at
:25:38. > :25:40.least, as we move towards the general election. I believe that not
:25:41. > :25:46.only can we win the next election, but we will win the next election. I
:25:47. > :25:48.will play my part in that. I welcome Ed Miliband to speak to us. Thank
:25:49. > :25:58.you. APPLAUSE
:25:59. > :26:01.Friends, I want to start off by paying the warmest tribute to
:26:02. > :26:04.Alistair Darling because after the 2010 general election, he could have
:26:05. > :26:09.taken the easy way out. He could have decided to take a step
:26:10. > :26:13.back. He didn't because he cared about his country. He played one of
:26:14. > :26:17.the most important roles in keeping this country together. Alistair,
:26:18. > :26:20.thank you. Thank you for what you did.
:26:21. > :26:26.APPLAUSE And I also want to thank every
:26:27. > :26:29.member of Team Labour for what they did. I want to thank Johann Lamont
:26:30. > :26:35.for the brilliant work she has done. I want to thank Margaret Curran,
:26:36. > :26:38.Anna Sarwar, Jim Murphy, Gordon Brown, Douglas Alexander, every
:26:39. > :26:40.person who played that role in this campaign, let us applaud them today,
:26:41. > :26:46.friends. APPLAUSE
:26:47. > :26:50.There is another set of people I want to thank even more than that
:26:51. > :26:56.and that is you. This would not have happened without you. Thank you for
:26:57. > :27:01.the street stalls, thank you for the phone banking. Thank you for the
:27:02. > :27:06.leaflets. Thank you for pounding the streets in rain and shine. Friends,
:27:07. > :27:11.you will be able to tell your children and your grandchildren,
:27:12. > :27:18.that you helped keep our country together, and historic achievement
:27:19. > :27:25.and let us acknowledge it today. What was this a vote for? This was a
:27:26. > :27:30.vote for solidarity and social justice. This was a vote for our
:27:31. > :27:35.National Health Service. This was a vote for our welfare state. This was
:27:36. > :27:40.a vote for No because we know that we are Better Together. I want to
:27:41. > :27:43.say something also today, as Alistair acknowledge it and Johann
:27:44. > :27:48.did as well, to all of the people who voted yes, this Labour Party is
:27:49. > :27:54.determined to show over the coming years, that we can be the vehicle
:27:55. > :27:57.for your hopes, your dreams, your aspirations, for a better life for
:27:58. > :28:06.you, a better life for Scotland and a better life for the whole of the
:28:07. > :28:13.United Kingdom. Friends. Whether people voted No or Yes in this
:28:14. > :28:19.referendum, let's be absolutely clear. This was a vote for change.
:28:20. > :28:24.Change does not end today, change begins today. We know our country
:28:25. > :28:28.needs to change. We know our country needs to change in the way that it
:28:29. > :28:34.is governed and in who it is governed for. As Alistair said, we
:28:35. > :28:38.will deliver on stronger powers, for a stronger Scottish parliament, a
:28:39. > :28:43.stronger Scotland and I know that all party leaders will meet their
:28:44. > :28:48.commitments to deliver on that promise.
:28:49. > :28:54.APPLAUSE And we will also meet the desire for
:28:55. > :28:57.change. Across England, across Wales, across the whole of the
:28:58. > :29:03.United Kingdom, devolution is not just a good idea for Scotland and
:29:04. > :29:07.Wales, it is a good idea for England and indeed Northern Ireland as it
:29:08. > :29:11.already is as well. It is also the case, friends, that we must meet the
:29:12. > :29:15.thirst for change in reforming the whole of our country in who it works
:29:16. > :29:19.for. What I heard from people as I went around this campaign was I
:29:20. > :29:25.heard people talking about yes, stronger powers for Scotland, but I
:29:26. > :29:30.also heard people saying, how can my life get better? How can my son or
:29:31. > :29:35.daughter get a job? How can we deal with in security at work? How can we
:29:36. > :29:38.build a better future for our children and grandchildren? We know
:29:39. > :29:43.those were the questions people were asking. They were not just asking
:29:44. > :29:46.questions about the Constitution and the way our politics works. They
:29:47. > :29:50.were asking whether our country works for them and they were telling
:29:51. > :29:54.us, they were not just telling us this in Scotland, they were telling
:29:55. > :29:59.us throughout our country, that our country only works for a tiny elite
:30:00. > :30:00.few at the top and this Labour Party knows that must change and we will
:30:01. > :30:11.change it. APPLAUSE
:30:12. > :30:15.Friends, the last few weeks have been about keeping our country
:30:16. > :30:20.together. The last few months, the two years of this campaign, too. The
:30:21. > :30:24.next eight months are about how we change our country together. You
:30:25. > :30:31.know, we need a party that can speak for the whole of the UK. For every
:30:32. > :30:38.party, every part of the UK, every set of people in the UK. There is a
:30:39. > :30:45.party that can do that, friends. That is the Labour Party. That is
:30:46. > :30:49.our party. And this is our responsibility in the months ahead.
:30:50. > :30:55.Let us be able to tell our children, our grandchildren, that we
:30:56. > :30:59.did not just keep our country together, we changed our country
:31:00. > :31:04.together. That is our mission. That can be arid achievement. Thank you
:31:05. > :31:08.so much for what you did. Now let's go on and show the people of the
:31:09. > :31:15.whole UK how we intend to change our country. Thank you very much.
:31:16. > :31:20.APPLAUSE Ed Miliband at the Labour rally in
:31:21. > :31:25.Gaza, as Johann Lamont, for Scottish Labour put it, "we have won but we
:31:26. > :31:30.must not be triumphalist Rosebud. Norman Smith joins us from the
:31:31. > :31:35.rally. The word that most rock me in all of that was change, change
:31:36. > :31:40.begins now. This is not the end of a process but the beginning of one.
:31:41. > :31:43.What did you think? Yes, Gavin, Ed Miliband said there was a first for
:31:44. > :31:48.change, not just in Scotland but throughout the UK, and not just
:31:49. > :31:52.constitutional change, he was talking about political and economic
:31:53. > :31:56.change, in effect, trying to say that Labour is the vehicle for the
:31:57. > :32:01.kind of change... As Mr Miliband leaves the rally, he was trying to
:32:02. > :32:04.argue that Labour is the vehicle for much broader change than simply
:32:05. > :32:09.devolving more powers to England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In a
:32:10. > :32:13.way, it is more ambitious than the already very ambitious statement by
:32:14. > :32:16.David Cameron. Trying to seize the moment, to position the Labour Party
:32:17. > :32:32.to ride what Ed Miliband says is a first the change throughout the UK.
:32:33. > :32:35.-- first for change. -- thirst for change. Let's go to Joanna Gosling
:32:36. > :32:39.in Aberdeen. What are people saying about the result there? Yell at road
:32:40. > :32:42.is interesting because everybody went to bed last night with
:32:43. > :32:45.uncertainty and now they have woken with certainty which has been
:32:46. > :32:51.welcomed in particular by business leaders in this oil and gas rich
:32:52. > :32:56.city, one of Scotland's's economic powerhouses. Around 50% of the oil
:32:57. > :32:58.and gas firms were saying that the impact of the Scottish referendum
:32:59. > :33:02.was affecting investment and planning to their companies. They
:33:03. > :33:06.will be glad the uncertainty is over this morning. There are reports that
:33:07. > :33:11.people were delaying moving house as a result of the uncertainty. Let's
:33:12. > :33:15.take a closer look at the result in Aberdeen and across Aberdeenshire.
:33:16. > :33:21.It is a more marked a no vote than the national average. Aberdeen city
:33:22. > :33:27.voted by 41% for independence, 59% voting no. The turnout was high, as
:33:28. > :33:30.it was in many areas, 82% in the city. Across Aberdeenshire more
:33:31. > :33:38.broadly, Alex Salmond's constituency, 40% voted no and 60%
:33:39. > :33:43.voted -- 40% voted yes and 60% voted no with an 87% turnout. Let's touch
:33:44. > :33:48.base with a couple of voters, one voting each way so let's see how
:33:49. > :33:52.they are feeling. Patricia voted no and Paul voted yes. How are you
:33:53. > :33:57.feeling this morning? Quite relieved. It was a worrying case
:33:58. > :34:05.that the Yes vote came through. Did you ever waver? No, I was going to
:34:06. > :34:09.vote no throughout. I felt that we were too weak to stand alone and I
:34:10. > :34:17.was quite happy to be in a united country. Paul, were you strongly
:34:18. > :34:21.going to vote yes throughout? I was swaying between most of the time
:34:22. > :34:25.because I'm from North Wales but I have lived if the nine years and I
:34:26. > :34:29.have 2 Scottish children. My father-in-law persuaded me to vote
:34:30. > :34:35.yes. He is living abroad now but I basically gave him my vote. A bit of
:34:36. > :34:43.peer pressure, family pressure, was that an issue? You also work in the
:34:44. > :34:49.oil industry. Just up there. In the industry, they were all saying no.
:34:50. > :34:52.Yesterday, everyone was saying no. I decided to vote yes. Did you discuss
:34:53. > :34:57.it openly with your colleagues or feel pressure from them? A bit of
:34:58. > :35:04.pressure but I did not tell them how I was voting. A few of them knew.
:35:05. > :35:10.What about you? Did it divide friends and family? Were you all
:35:11. > :35:13.united? Friends and family were all united as No but some work
:35:14. > :35:20.colleagues were not sure which way to go. I would not say it divide us.
:35:21. > :35:26.I feel we are sensible enough to respect other people's opinions.
:35:27. > :35:31.Incredible turnout and a lot of votes don't see that. Have you whizz
:35:32. > :35:37.beanie gauged with politics? Has this galvanised you? No, I haven't.
:35:38. > :35:40.I am fiercely Scottish and I would love it if Scotland could have stood
:35:41. > :35:48.alone but I think it would be too hard. Thank you for joining us.
:35:49. > :35:51.Reflecting the views of a nation. Overall, the result was 55% in
:35:52. > :35:57.favour of remaining part of the union. Back to Gavin.
:35:58. > :36:01.Joanna from Aberdeen. Good morning if you are just joining us. I'm
:36:02. > :36:10.Gavin Esler, live in Hollywood on the day Scotland decided. CHEERING
:36:11. > :36:16.No to independence: Scotland makes its decision and chooses to remain
:36:17. > :36:22.part of the UK. 55% of voters said no to the question, "should Scotland
:36:23. > :36:26.be an independent country?" Turnout was at a record high. Alex Salmond
:36:27. > :36:29.urges Yes supporters not to be downhearted and hailed the turnout
:36:30. > :36:34.as a triumph of the democratic process. Let us not dwell on the
:36:35. > :36:38.distance we have fallen short. Let us dwell on the distance we have
:36:39. > :36:41.travelled and have confidence that the movement is abroad in Scotland
:36:42. > :36:49.that will take this nation forward and we shall go forward as one
:36:50. > :36:54.nation. Thank you Ray much. -- very much. After the promises made during
:36:55. > :36:57.the campaign, the result of the referendum means major changes to
:36:58. > :37:02.the way Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland are governed. We
:37:03. > :37:05.now have a chance, a great opportunity to change the way the
:37:06. > :37:21.British people are governed and change it for the better.
:37:22. > :37:30.Good morning from Holyrood. This result is something which not only
:37:31. > :37:32.resounds across Scotland but has major implications for the way all
:37:33. > :37:37.of us are governed, throughout the UK. That means the debate is already
:37:38. > :37:43.engaged at Westminster. Matthew Amroliwala joins me from there now.
:37:44. > :37:46.It is going to be a very busy few months between now and the general
:37:47. > :37:51.election as people try to make sense of where we go next.
:37:52. > :37:54.Good morning, it really is, an avalanche of political questions to
:37:55. > :37:57.consider this morning. Interesting the former cabinet minister, Owen
:37:58. > :38:02.Paterson, is calling for Parliament to be recalled, just in the last
:38:03. > :38:04.before while. Let's go straight to Downing Street and our political
:38:05. > :38:11.correspondence, Vicky Young. You can almost sense the relief coming from
:38:12. > :38:15.number ten. That's right, the stakes were in friendly high for all of the
:38:16. > :38:20.Westminster parties but most of all for the man who sat behind this
:38:21. > :38:24.door, stayed up all night, David Cameron, watching the results coming
:38:25. > :38:29.in. Of course, the more decisive nature of the result means that he
:38:30. > :38:32.could come out here, defend the position of holding the referendum
:38:33. > :38:36.in the first place, that the question was asked and he now says
:38:37. > :38:41.it has been dealt with, possibly for a generation or a lifetime. Of
:38:42. > :38:45.course, that journey has finished. He feels he has dealt with the
:38:46. > :38:50.question but of course, he is immediately suggesting an avalanche
:38:51. > :38:55.of other questions about what happens to the way the UK is
:38:56. > :38:59.governed. Yes, he was straight on to that with a blizzard of
:39:00. > :39:05.constitutional changes ahead. It is almost like opening Pandora's box.
:39:06. > :39:10.It is and many people have spoken about this as the awakening of the
:39:11. > :39:14.English question. We have already had the former Cabinet minister,
:39:15. > :39:17.Owen Paterson, saying that these are rash promises made to Scotland
:39:18. > :39:22.without Parliament being asked about it. He says they are an fair to the
:39:23. > :39:25.rest of the UK, particularly England. He wants Parliament to be
:39:26. > :39:30.recalled immediately to discuss it. It does not look like that will
:39:31. > :39:34.happen. But we now have another timetable. We knew there would be
:39:35. > :39:37.one for Scottish devolution. Now William Hague, the Leader of the
:39:38. > :39:41.Commons, has said those two things will be tied together and they are
:39:42. > :39:44.trying to sort out what people call the English question, the fact
:39:45. > :39:48.Scottish MPs can come to Westminster and vote on what happens in English
:39:49. > :39:51.schools or Welsh schools, even though they themselves cannot vote
:39:52. > :39:55.in what happens in their own Scottish schools. Many ministers I
:39:56. > :40:00.have spoken to now say that this is going to have to be dealt with. But
:40:01. > :40:04.as you say, it is a very complicated thing. What we are getting now is
:40:05. > :40:08.certainly the Conservatives and Ukip, who are snapping at their
:40:09. > :40:14.heels, as we heard from Nigel Farage this morning, both of them vying to
:40:15. > :40:18.be the voice of England. That sets up my next guest worry well, talking
:40:19. > :40:21.about Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence party, who is with me
:40:22. > :40:26.this morning Westminster. Good morning. Your thoughts on the
:40:27. > :40:29.decisive vote last night? I'm pleased, despite the bungling
:40:30. > :40:33.attempts of the Westminster class to put everybody fit in Scotland, at
:40:34. > :40:37.the last minute, with a few panic measures, they managed to get a no
:40:38. > :40:40.vote. I am pleased the UK has held together. Mr Cameron will be very
:40:41. > :40:44.pleased because otherwise he would have been forced to resign. Do you
:40:45. > :40:48.support the promises made late in the day, in the final week by the
:40:49. > :40:55.three leaders? No, I don't. We should have offered devo-max, access
:40:56. > :40:58.to the devolution genie was out of the bottle and then talking about
:40:59. > :41:03.the new constitution settlement to the entire UK. Are you against the
:41:04. > :41:07.timing of the announcement or the giving of more powers? We heard from
:41:08. > :41:12.Vicky Young that Owen Paterson's description of rash promises made at
:41:13. > :41:15.the last moment. They were rash promises in one sense because what
:41:16. > :41:18.the three leaders said was that they would continue with the Barnett
:41:19. > :41:22.formula, by which money is divvied up among the citizens of the UK. A
:41:23. > :41:29.lot more money is spent per head in Scotland than in England. I don't
:41:30. > :41:33.think that promise can hold. When it comes to giving more powers to
:41:34. > :41:35.Scotland, nobody for the last 18 years has thought about England.
:41:36. > :41:40.England has been quiet for a long time and now deserves a voice. The
:41:41. > :41:43.Prime Minister addressed it right there in Downing Street, saying
:41:44. > :41:48.English voices need to be heard as part of the equation and the
:41:49. > :41:52.constitutional changes. What needs to happen, do you think? We need to
:41:53. > :41:56.have a constitutional convention, established as quickly as possible,
:41:57. > :41:59.so we have firm proposals are moving towards a federal UK, where everyone
:42:00. > :42:04.feels they have a fair voice and they are paying their fair share. Be
:42:05. > :42:11.more specific. This is a vexed question. It has puzzled politicians
:42:12. > :42:15.the decades. -- for decades. The timetable outlined by David Cameron
:42:16. > :42:19.is very fast to get the answers. It shows you how panicked he was. The
:42:20. > :42:23.question has not even been debated in Cabinet, William Hague admitted
:42:24. > :42:26.that this morning. It is playing catch up at the last minute. Mr
:42:27. > :42:31.Cameron is very scared of how English voters will see the promises
:42:32. > :42:35.made towards the end of the campaign. One way to start the
:42:36. > :42:38.process is if all 59 Scottish MP said today that in the interests of
:42:39. > :42:41.making it a very union they would promise between now and the next
:42:42. > :42:46.election not to take part in debates on votes on issues which affect only
:42:47. > :42:51.England. You wrote a letter and sent it to MPs this morning. In terms of
:42:52. > :42:55.the politics of all of that, would it not be a mistake if part of the
:42:56. > :43:01.thinking here was in one sense a trap for Labour? They have large
:43:02. > :43:05.representation from Scotland in terms of Westminster MPs. I
:43:06. > :43:09.understand and Ed Miliband has said that all parts of the UK must have
:43:10. > :43:13.devolution. That is fine, but will he promised that his 41 Scottish MPs
:43:14. > :43:17.will not take part in debates and vote in the House of Commons between
:43:18. > :43:20.now and the next general election? Unless the Labour Party are prepared
:43:21. > :43:24.to do that, frankly, those who want a fair, proper English voice will
:43:25. > :43:30.not take him seriously. What about the way the whole campaign
:43:31. > :43:34.absolutely lit up? You have spoken for years about disengagement. We
:43:35. > :43:39.saw rigs actually the opposite, there, didn't we? -- exactly the
:43:40. > :43:43.opposite. You broke it goes to show that if people can see elections
:43:44. > :43:46.actually matter and they can see different arguments on both sides,
:43:47. > :43:51.they will turn up to vote. One reason is for the falling turnout is
:43:52. > :43:53.that the main parties have become so similar in the last couple of
:43:54. > :43:56.decades and many of the big decisions that affect the economy
:43:57. > :44:00.and our lives are made somewhere else. Is this the end of it? Alex
:44:01. > :44:06.Salmond acknowledged the vote in his acceptance speech, but stared at
:44:07. > :44:09.this stage, an interesting flaws, people have rejected independence.
:44:10. > :44:13.The if you believe in separation, you will believe in it until the day
:44:14. > :44:17.you die, I suppose. In his case, I have no doubt of that. But the idea
:44:18. > :44:22.of Scottish separation has effectively gone for a generation.
:44:23. > :44:25.We have an urgent job to sort out a fair constitutional framework. Mr
:44:26. > :44:29.Cameron saying William Hague is in charge of a committee who will give
:44:30. > :44:32.a report in a few weeks is not good enough. Let's have an open,
:44:33. > :44:39.constitutional convention, do it properly. Thank you for joining us.
:44:40. > :44:43.Just a flavour of what has been opened up from what we have heard
:44:44. > :44:47.already from the Prime Minister. 20 more from here coming up. Back to
:44:48. > :44:50.Gavin. Indeed, and for a bit more of a
:44:51. > :44:55.flavour of what has been opened up, we heard from Owen Paterson and we
:44:56. > :44:59.have just heard from Nigel Farage, another Conservative backbencher,
:45:00. > :45:03.surge of Howarth, has tweeted, " major constitutional changes must
:45:04. > :45:04.not be rushed, because appeasing Scottish nationalism has brought us
:45:05. > :45:17.to the brink of disaster". People across Scotland have been
:45:18. > :45:22.reacting to the news. Here is what some workers in Glasgow had to say.
:45:23. > :45:29.I think it has to be accepted. Personally, I was a Yes but we have
:45:30. > :45:32.to embrace it, indigenous and new citizens of Scotland, take it
:45:33. > :45:36.together and go forward. There will be change. There has got to be
:45:37. > :45:42.change management handled carefully by Westminster and interact with
:45:43. > :45:46.that and go forward into Scotland and re-industrialise Scotland,
:45:47. > :45:50.perhaps? That could be on the agenda. Delighted we have kept the
:45:51. > :45:55.UK and delighted we have kept the pound. That is the most important
:45:56. > :46:00.thing, the most important thing for business anyway? Was that your main
:46:01. > :46:07.concern, the main thing that informed your decision to vote No?
:46:08. > :46:12.It was, yes. Mostly from customers, the feedback and suppliers, what
:46:13. > :46:20.they were wanting. They were wanting to know how they would get paid. We
:46:21. > :46:23.did not know what the currency was. A little bit disappointed because I
:46:24. > :46:29.am a yes vote and I think Scotland should be governed by ourselves. We
:46:30. > :46:35.have the resources. I do not know why the majority of people have not
:46:36. > :46:41.voted yes. I am disappointed. Common sense has prevailed. Personally, I
:46:42. > :46:52.do not think there is any need to break up the union. For Alex Salmond
:46:53. > :46:56.to avoid every major question, that pertains to our future and not
:46:57. > :47:02.answer it properly, ceases to amaze me.
:47:03. > :47:06.The thoughts of some workers in Glasgow. It has been a long
:47:07. > :47:12.campaign. It has gone on to two years. For me, the most striking
:47:13. > :47:18.comment of the campaign was a man in Shetland who when I asked him whose
:47:19. > :47:24.oil is it? He said it was the oil companies' oil. He was making the
:47:25. > :47:27.point that world economic factors and globalisation play a really big
:47:28. > :47:30.part in his judgement at least and perhaps the judgement of many other
:47:31. > :47:34.people in Scotland. For some thoughts about how this is going
:47:35. > :47:39.down in the business community, we can go to Simon Jack in the city of
:47:40. > :47:45.London. Thank you. As expected, the
:47:46. > :47:49.financial markets have given the result and the Sterling is up, the
:47:50. > :47:53.pound is up, the stock market is up. You can tell the story of the night
:47:54. > :47:58.by looking at the value of the pound. That Spike was the YouGov
:47:59. > :48:03.poll coming out at ten o'clock last night. This bike was when
:48:04. > :48:10.Clackmannanshire voted No. It was thought it could have gone either
:48:11. > :48:15.way. -- this Spike. The contingency plans that RBS had put in place to
:48:16. > :48:21.move south of the border, they can go in the bin now. The RBS price is
:48:22. > :48:27.up 4%, a big jump on opening this morning. We can get the thoughts of
:48:28. > :48:39.Alec Stewart, a fund manager here at Schroders. A lot of uncertainty has
:48:40. > :48:41.been swept away. -- Alex Stewart. There is still some political
:48:42. > :48:46.uncertainty under devolution and what form that will take, but it is
:48:47. > :48:50.not the break-up of the UK that we are talking about which would have
:48:51. > :48:55.been much more difficult to quantify. This Pandora's box that
:48:56. > :48:59.Matthew was referring to all of devolution and a lot of regions
:49:00. > :49:04.wanting their share of extra powers, does that matter to the UK as a
:49:05. > :49:08.whole or as long as the union stays together, it does not matter and the
:49:09. > :49:15.entirety stays the same? It matters in some ways. We have a general
:49:16. > :49:19.election coming up next year. We are not talking about big questions on
:49:20. > :49:23.currency, EU membership and so on at this stage and the potential of a
:49:24. > :49:29.split up of a country which would have been hard to quantify. On the
:49:30. > :49:33.EU membership idea, some people thought if it was a Yes vote, it
:49:34. > :49:38.would have been more likely that the UK would have exited the European
:49:39. > :49:41.Union. What do you think? That was our view that it would have been
:49:42. > :49:44.more likely that the Conservatives would have got in and they would
:49:45. > :49:50.have offered a referendum. This would be bad for UKIP as well. The
:49:51. > :49:55.governor of the Bank of England has said in his previous report, he
:49:56. > :50:00.pointed to the referendum and said one of the external shocks which
:50:01. > :50:05.could have happened before raising interest rates. What is the path for
:50:06. > :50:09.him? We believe interest rates will rise in the first half of next
:50:10. > :50:14.year. The Bank of England have said they are looking at it. They said
:50:15. > :50:16.uncertainty over the Scottish referendum was one reason for
:50:17. > :50:22.potentially holding back at the moment. It is not just here in the
:50:23. > :50:26.UK that this result is having resonance, also Spanish bonds. There
:50:27. > :50:31.are a lot of separatist movements around the world who were looking at
:50:32. > :50:37.this as a blueprint to look at how separatist forces in their own
:50:38. > :50:42.country would work. Absolutely. The Spanish were saying that any surge
:50:43. > :50:51.in independence would be bad for Europe and we have seen the rallying
:50:52. > :50:58.in Spanish bonds. The stock market is up two thirds of a percent.
:50:59. > :51:02.Simon, thank you. There has also been some reaction from one of the
:51:03. > :51:06.most respected is Miss figures in Scotland, Sir Ian Wood, who made an
:51:07. > :51:11.intervention fairly late in the campaign to say there was perhaps
:51:12. > :51:17.not as much oil as some on the Yes side were claiming -- the most
:51:18. > :51:22.respected figures. He said: I strongly believe this is in the
:51:23. > :51:27.strongest interests of our children and grandchildren. The UK government
:51:28. > :51:29.must now deliver on their undertakings on the wider devolved
:51:30. > :51:34.responsibilities to the Scottish Parliament and elsewhere.
:51:35. > :51:38.For more business reaction, I'm joined by Sir Mike Rake of the CBI
:51:39. > :51:44.in central London. How do think this will go down across the UK? I think
:51:45. > :51:48.businesses are really happy that this has occurred. Common sense has
:51:49. > :52:00.asserted itself and we will remain the single market, one currency, one
:52:01. > :52:05.set of principles. Are you concerned that the changes that go ahead means
:52:06. > :52:09.that the government will be involved in all kinds of constitutional
:52:10. > :52:14.things internally and then thinking perhaps about another referendum and
:52:15. > :52:18.where the UK should remain in the European Union? The most important
:52:19. > :52:23.thing is focusing to make sure this recovery is started and is
:52:24. > :52:28.accompanied by increased investment, productivity and wages.
:52:29. > :52:31.We do not want to see too much destruction for political reasons
:52:32. > :52:35.but we understand the devolution debate has to take place. We support
:52:36. > :52:40.local city initiatives and we think if there is to be a referendum on
:52:41. > :52:44.the European Union, we need to be clear up front to make sure it is a
:52:45. > :52:47.referendum based on the facts, the issues, the importance of the
:52:48. > :52:52.European Union to jobs and investment in this country.
:52:53. > :52:58.Underpinning everything you have been saying and businesses have been
:52:59. > :53:05.saying up and down the country, they do not like uncertainty. The
:53:06. > :53:09.uncertainties we think were being understated in terms of the costs,
:53:10. > :53:13.the length of time it would take to get resolution on the currency,
:53:14. > :53:18.membership of the European Union, disruption to trade, pensions and
:53:19. > :53:22.many other schemes and systems. That was causing real concern to
:53:23. > :53:27.business. We felt in the CBI that many of the benefits were being
:53:28. > :53:33.overstated in terms of the economy, jobs and growth. Thank you for
:53:34. > :53:38.joining us. Nick Witchel is at Balmoral for us.
:53:39. > :53:43.That is where the Queen is currently staying. I understand some people
:53:44. > :53:49.were up all night and having a look at what was on the television? I can
:53:50. > :53:53.certainly tell you that many of her senior officials were up all night
:53:54. > :53:57.and one must assume that they would have been briefing her and keeping
:53:58. > :54:02.her fully informed of the progress and the results. I think in common
:54:03. > :54:08.with many people in these parts, she will be feeling pleased that it is
:54:09. > :54:12.all over. Privately, I'm sure she's feeling enormous relief that
:54:13. > :54:17.Scotland has taken the decision that it has. I think she would have felt
:54:18. > :54:20.a profound sadness of the United Kingdom had broken up. She might
:54:21. > :54:25.have found that rather difficult to have coped with but she would have
:54:26. > :54:28.accepted the result. In terms of today, she and her officials would
:54:29. > :54:34.want the politicians to say what they want to say. They want the dust
:54:35. > :54:37.to settle but we do expect later today, perhaps this afternoon, a
:54:38. > :54:41.short written statement that logically I imagine will focus on
:54:42. > :54:46.the fact this has been Scotland's position, a decision for the people
:54:47. > :54:50.of Scotland as the Palace has said several times, but perhaps logically
:54:51. > :54:53.expressing the hope that after this divisive campaign, that Scotland
:54:54. > :55:01.will be allowed to move on and move beyond this decision in the best
:55:02. > :55:04.interests of Scotland. It was interesting that a sentence or even
:55:05. > :55:10.half a sentence uttered by Her Majesty the Queen at church that
:55:11. > :55:13.effectively people should vote sensibly, was interpreted up and
:55:14. > :55:20.down this country in all kinds of different ways? Yes, I think a great
:55:21. > :55:23.deal of thought went into that one sentence where she urged people to
:55:24. > :55:28.think very carefully about the future. I do say that there may have
:55:29. > :55:33.been some embers of her family who had been urging her to say more. She
:55:34. > :55:38.has a very shrewd sense of where the line is, beyond which it is improper
:55:39. > :55:41.and unacceptable for a constitutional monarch who is above
:55:42. > :55:47.the political fray to go. I think some thought went into what she did
:55:48. > :55:50.say, a politically neutral remark which was uttered, but did catch
:55:51. > :55:59.people's imagination but neither side felt affronted by. That was her
:56:00. > :56:03.only observation, her only contribution in the days leading up
:56:04. > :56:11.to this vote. Thank you for joining us from Balmoral.
:56:12. > :56:14.With all the results declared and Scotland rejecting independence, we
:56:15. > :56:18.are going to have a look back now at the highs and lows of a very
:56:19. > :56:25.interesting night, and night which will go down in history.
:56:26. > :56:27.It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take Scotland's
:56:28. > :56:46.future into Scotland's hands. Yes, 194,000 779.
:56:47. > :57:33.CHEERING The BBC's forecast now is that
:57:34. > :57:55.Scotland has voted No to independence. No, 194,000... 638.
:57:56. > :58:02.Scotland has by majority, decided not at this stage, to become an
:58:03. > :58:20.independent country. I accept that verdict of the people.
:58:21. > :58:23.People who were disengaged from politics have turned out in large
:58:24. > :58:38.numbers. Just as the people of Scotland will
:58:39. > :58:44.have more power over their affairs, so it follows that the people of
:58:45. > :58:45.England, Wales and Northern Ireland must have a bigger say