United we stand

First reaction is language that Gordon Brown, the son of the Manse, would recognise - rejoice, again I say rejoice!  The Union is preserved.  I'd like to thank all the Scots who voted for 'No' - you are a tribute to Scotland, the UK and the world.  Of course, were to believe the Nats, the English jackboot will now come down on them, but really they knew they weren't oppressed.  The 'Yes' campaign adopting the cast-iron certainty of American electioneering - "When Scotland votes 'Yes'" - was repugnant to traditional British balloting and thankfully did not prevail.  45% to 55% in electoral terms is a landslide. Reminiscing about a certain Norwegian football commentator updated for today, Alex Salmond, Nicola Sturgeon, John Swinney, Tommy Sheridan, Sean Connery, Irvine Welsh, Alan Cumming, Brian Cox, Frankie Boyle, the Proclaimers, Mogwai, Franz Ferdinand, Andy Murray, your boys took a hell of a beating!  A hell of a beating!
Over two million 'No' votes.  28 out of 32 counties went 'No'.  At no point in the night were 'No' behind.  Again, John Reid ends up on the winning side in a high-profile referendum, this time on the side of the angels.  Gordon Brown, like Cincinnatus, has saved the state and can now return to retirement.  Can't wait for Private Eye to excoriate the mass media for doing the 'too close to call' Obama/Romney 2012 dance again, for nope, it was not even close, but it was decisive.