True Scots should not be too despondent about the referendum result.

Now that Alistair Darling, Jim Murphy, et al, can again put Scotland on the back burner and ensconce themselves in their cosy green benches away down at Westminster, drawing inflated wages from the public purse, 45% of us can excuse ourselves from any culpability when the promised extra powers to the Scottish Parliament are cast aside, minimised or deferred.

The 55% will have much to contemplate when they are left grinding on the rusty Tory/Labour swings-and-roundabouts of London establishment politics; the platitudes of the above named politicians but a distant memory.

With Edinburgh returning the largest percentage of No votes, Glasgow should be the new capital of Scotland. Perhaps Edinburgh could be chosen by the 55% as the capital of North Britain.

William Burns

Edinburgh