{"id":108636,"date":"2014-09-21T20:09:19","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T17:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=108636"},"modified":"2022-11-23T20:10:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T17:10:34","slug":"scotland-rejects-independence-from-united-kingdom-a-kingdom-still-whole-but-far-from-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2014\/09\/21\/scotland-rejects-independence-from-united-kingdom-a-kingdom-still-whole-but-far-from-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland Rejects Independence From United Kingdom \/ A Kingdom Still Whole, but Far From United"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Supporters of the \u201cno\u201d campaign to keep Scotland a part of Britain celebrated the results of a referendum on Friday in Glasgow.<\/span> Credit<\/span> Matt Dunham\/Associated Press <\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

EDINBURGH b\u0014 Scotland chose decisively against independence on Thursday, but it was not a vote for the status quo in Britain.<\/p>\n

The debate over regional and national autonomy that was set off by the Scots has just begun, and it promises a constitutional shake-up in the United Kingdom, which remains intact but by no means fixed or unchallenged.<\/p>\n

While the outcome of the vote was met with tremendous relief from Downing Street and Buckingham Palace to Brussels and Washington, Britain was also awakening to the realization on Friday that it had agreed to grant the Scots considerable new powers to run their own affairs. Prime Minister David Cameron now faces a broader debate over the centralization of power in London, uncertainty over Britainb\u0019s place in Europe, intense budget pressures, and fissures within his own Conservative Party as he heads toward a general election campaign in the spri<\/p>\n