"Think of the heavy artillery that was pressed into service in defence of the Union in the last weeks of the campaign. Almost all of the mainstream media were hostile to independence. The Banks would move to London, the financial services industry would collapse, mortgage payments would rise, Scotland would have to get in the queue behind Kosovo for EU membership, the oil was running out, there would be no pound in your pocket and, the supermarkets would put their prices up. We love you Scotland, London politicians said but if you vote 'Yes' we'll send armed guards to the border. Yet, still 45% of those who voted, voted 'Yes'. I think the three main parties at Westminster should be worried about that. Even 15 years ago when the Scottish Parliament was established, that would have been unthinkable. Labour should be particularly worried about that. 40% of their traditional voters crossed to the 'Yes' camp. Glasgow and Dundee both had 'Yes' majorities. ... The 45% they have started to call themselves on social media this weekend. I don't think that genie is going back in the bottle."
Self: With all this coercion from the political and business establishment in England that Little has outlined, could the campaign be really called a free and fair election? In the light of all the pressure to vote 'No', I think it is astonishing that 45% of those who voted, voted 'Yes'. And, the membership of the 'Yes' parties - SNP and Green - has rocketed.
Equally astonishing, what independence really meant in practice was wholly dependent on the 18 mths of negotiations between Holyrood and Westminster - up to March 2016. In other words, if voting changed anything, they would abolish it. Yet, we sacrifice thousands of human lives to bring democracy down the barrel of a gun to nations who don't have it!
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