i guess you heard allister darling. if you did, i just wonder your thoughts on the fact that he's there in scotland, which went yes. he gave a very nice speech thanking the vote for in general being better together and staying with the union, but really reaching across the divide and saying now we must go forward together. not just for scotland but for the whole of the uk. >> and that's something that i think is going to be welcomed by the yes camp. their supporters behind me have really dwindled down to a few now. most of the people have drifted away. this is a message that we heard prior to the vote. a message that both sides said they would have to work together. you do see -- feel, listening to the speeches there that they have -- these politicians have been up all night, sensing this as well from alex salmon. there's still -- they're committing themselves, alex salmon, committing himself to getting the changes that politicians in london had promised. david cameron had promised. mr. darling there, mr. darling commit

on that, better together no campaign leader allister darling will agree with his rival. the question for both men: would the turnout follow the extraordinary pattern of 97%. yes, 97%, voter registration. by mid-afternoon, edinborough council said postal returns were at 89.6%. you don't often see figures like these outside one-party dictatorships and that is not lost on scottish voters. >> it's good that there's so many people turning out to vote as well. that's the big thing. you know, we'll never get this amount of voting in the next election, which is unfortunate. >> it might not massively affect us or our generation, but it'll definitely have a knock on effect for the kids, definitely. for the image, the very identity of a country is at stake. its relationship with its near neighbors, that land to the south of coldstream, the slant of history, as we pass through dunfermlin abbey today, resting place of robert the bruce, through what perspective will we review such places tomorrow. up in perth, though, it wasn't history or politics for the ladies concentrating on their