Scots spurn independence in historic vote, devolution battle begins By Alistair Smout and Angus MacSwan EDINBURGH Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:59am BST 1 of 16. Workers prepare to count ballots at a counting centre in Aberdeen, Scotland September 18, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Dylan Martinez EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Scotland voted against breaking apart the United Kingdom in four small constituencies, early referendum results showed on Friday, as Scots agonised over the fate of their country following a divisive independence campaign. Scotland’s verdict on the union should be clear around breakfast time on Friday, but a YouGov poll of 1,828 voters the organisation had previously polled indicated 54 percent of Scots would back the union while 46 percent would seek independence. Unionists won Clackmannanshire, the Orkney Islands, the Shetland Islands and even the nationalist stronghold of the Western Isles – constituencies which together represent only 2.3 percent of the Scottish electorate. Sterling rose sharply higher in Asian trade to $1.6502, up from around $1.6380 late in New York while bookmakers’ odds showed victory for unionists was much more likely and unionists campaigners clapped when the results came in. “It seems to me that we are going to have a ‘No’ majority in this referendum, though obviously there is a long way to [...] liverpoolinnews/scots-spurn-independence-in-historic-vote-devolution-battle-begins/
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