I think the rest of the UK owes a great deal to Scotland and that is going to become increasingly apparent in the weeks and months to come. What you have done up there is unprecedented. You have brought passion back to politics and shown people right across these islands what can be achieved. I know this phrase is being repeated to the point we will probably all get pissed off with hearing it but it's absolutely true, as the commentators are saying 'things will never be the same' and we have you in Scotland to thank for that.
Scotland led the way and pushed the UK to the brink, thankfully not over the cliff, but to a point where all of us, in whichever corner of these islands we live, have had had to wake up. We were all pissed off with the political elite but felt too powerless or apathetic to do anything about it. All that is set to change, I have absolutely no doubt about that. I don't think it will stop at the UK either - Europe is watching and I think they also will have to wake up the fact that democratic reform is needed in the EU too.
You've also taken us away from party politics - the traditional ways of voting. In this referendum people voted on the issue, not on their political affiliations. I kept getting told by the yes voters on here - this isn't about Alex Salmond and the SNP - and I didn't get it. Now I do.
We so often overlook the calibre of the individual politician and focus too much on what party they represent. My resolution in future is to pay more attention to the candidate regardless of what colour rosette they wear. There are good politicians in all parties (and an awful lot of bad ones) and we need to find the good ones and bring them to the fore. People who will work together across the party political divide for the good of the people they were elected to represent.
I think the enormity of Scotland leaving hadn't really hit home to a lot of people, but I think it will .. once the dust settles. At the risk of sounding like a wet lettuce, we nearly lost each other. Forget about the politicians now – I’m talking about the people. the children, the families, the farmers and the teachers and the ordinary British people.
Yes – we are British ... and it is perfectly possible to be Scottish and British, Welsh and British, English and British. I have always been Welsh first British second, and that is what defines me. I am sure it is the same for some of you – you are Scottish first, but also feel British. I have never understood why it has to be one or the other.
I am hugely proud of being Welsh, hugely proud – every bit as proud as you are to be Scottish. I’ve stook in the crowd at Twickenham and Cardiff Arms Park (yes I’m quite old 
) with my heart bursting out of my chest singing Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau and screaming at the Welsh side to kick England’s (or Scotland’ or Ireland’s) arses. But then … I’m dancing around my living room when the Lions kick Australia’s arse too, because I'm British. One doesn’t have to negate or compromise the other. We can be both.
Scotland has given an almighty boot up the jacksy of the political establishment that has invigorated debate in Wales, England and Northern Ireland. I honestly believe that what you have started will result in a fairer and better UK for us all.
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