The Scottish Independence Referendum Result: A Question of Interdependence

Abstract

The aim of this article is to highlight both the different reasons why the ‘NO’ camp finally won in Scotland, but also why it was an absolute necessity for the United Kingdom to keep Scotland as member of the union. “Let’s stay together”, Gordon Brown’s motto, sums up perfectly what finally appeared to be a necessary win–win scenario for two interdependent peoples. Beyond any doubt, the Scots who voted ‘NO’ showed their will to fashion the future “together again”, but more than that, as pro-Europeans, they also showed their will to carry weight in the end of David Cameron’s term, with the crucial Brexit issue in their sights.