Outside Holyrood on the drizzly morning when Scotland decided not to leave the Union, there is more relief than joy. “Yes peaked too soon,” some say.
“The old and the rich came out,” say the radicals. “This was the settled will of the people,” says the establishment.
On this morning, with independence rejected, it’s not yet clear what it all means for Scotland or the wider UK. Something happened, something that looked more like democracy than has been seen in a long time. It felt like the fusty grey of British politics gave way, perhaps only briefly, to colour.
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Source: Newsweek
