Supporters of Scottish independence reacted gloomily today to the results of a referendum that dashed their hopes of leaving the United Kingdom, with some breaking down in tears.
“My feeling was just crushing, quite devastating,” said 16-year-old Charlotte Darroch, who was watching the count in Edinburgh in her school uniform pinned with lots of “Yes” badges and with a Scottish flag wrapped around her shoulders.
“We all felt it was going to go the other way. I genuinely thought the feeling on the ground was different. I don´t think people realised quite how important this was,” she said.
Darroch said she was “very attached” to the cause and had worked on the campaign for about a year but was not giving up hope, adding: “This isn´t the end of the ´Yes´ campaign.”
