According to the experts it looks very much at this hour that the Scottish people have decided decisively to remain in the United Kingdom. YouGov estimates the final tally will be 54% "No" to independence, 46% "Yes." The 300 year union with the extraordinary people that gave the world Walter Scott, Robert Burns, David Hume, Adam Smith, John Buchan lives. Greater devolution to Edinburgh is the price Great Britain had to pay.