Just as Scotland will vote separately in the Scottish parliament on their issues of tax, spending and welfare, so too England, as well as Wales and Northern Ireland should be able to vote on these issues. All this must take place, in tandem with and at the same pace as the settlement for Scotland.Scottish polls didn't accurately predict the substantial margin by which the unionists won. The other DrC suggests this may be a version of the "Bradley effect" in action.
Political mavens remember Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley, an African-American, ran for governor of CA. Polls predicted he would win comfortably, while he lost by a small margin. The postmortem analysis concluded voters didn't want to tell pollsters they were going to vote for his white opponent, fearing to be thought racists.
In a similar fashion, the other DrC believes a number of Scots were uncomfortable reporting they planned to vote "no" because of the bullying tone taken by "yes" proponents. I am sure she is correct.
