Early this morning the final votes cast in the Scottish referendum were counted and the result announced.
The Scots for various reasons opted not to be independent.
It was a democratic decision which will be respected by all. It may seem strange and difficult to understand that a nation refuses independence offered on a plate.
Yet this is a real lesson in democracy to all those around the world who opt to take decisions by using bullets rather than ballots.
Blog ta' Carmel Cacopardo 
Perit,
naħseb wieħed irid iżomm f’moħħu li meta l-ġimgħa l-oħra l-YES kienu fuq quddiem it-tliet mexxejja tal-partiti ewlenin telgħu l-Iskozja sabiex jagħtu palata lill-kampanja tan-NO.
Nifhmu li b’45% tal-elettorat li jixtieq ikun indipendenti ma jistax wieħed jinjora lil dawn in-nies li ċertament jixirqilhom aktar awtonomija. Kif tkellem illum Cameron donnu ta x’ wieħed jifhem li donnu se jagħti forma ġdida lir-Renju Unit, li kif nifhimha jien xi ħaġa li tixbah lil stat federali li jinkludi l-Ingilterra, Wales, u l-Irlanda ta’ Fuq.
Onestament jien xtaqt li l-Iskozja tieħu l-Indipendenza sabiex Westminster jerġa’ jikkonsidra l-pożizzjni tiegħu dwar l-Ewropa. Ma naħsibx li r-riżultat tal-lbieraħ se jaffetwa din il-pożizzjoni. Biss minn kif tkellimt ma’ xi Skoċċiżi jien il-ġimgħa l-oħra donnhom li m’għandhomx xi ħeġġa li jitilqu.
Ċertament għad irridu nistennew u naraw. Sen’ oħra l-Iskozja se terġa’ tivvota bi ħġarha lill-iScottish Nationals kif għamlet fil-Parlament Skoċċiż? Nistennew u naraw jekk l-Iskozja hix se tibqa’ fortizza Laburista kif kienet s’issa.
li kieku ghadna taht l inglisi mandniex dawn il korrotti ta politikanti li kull ma jamlu ghal profit personali tahhom u tal voti. Demokrazija u ambient meddin
Giovann: hu tajjeb li m’aħniex taħt l-Ingliżi. Il-politiċi (jew politikanti kif issejħilhom int) qegħdin hemm għax jivvutawlhom in-nies. Meta n-nies tivvutalhom ifisser li qed taċċetta dak li jagħmlu. L-Inġliżi m’għandhomx x’jaqsmu ma dan: min jivvota ukoll irid jaċċetta r-responsabbilta’ ta’ dak li jagħmel.
In order for the Scots to accept and vote for independence they had to believe that they could make it on their own. Whilst I have no doubt that in the long term they certainly could I also believe that in the immediate future they would have faced a very hard time. It seems the majority of Scots agreed with me and decided better the devil we know…..