Living in Edinburgh in the last few weeks, I would have assumed that a vast majority of the population would vote for independence. There were people wearing badges, stickers, tshirts, shouting and campaigning, posting Scottish flags and yes banners in their windows... This all seemed strange when polls showed that there was still a majority for the union until even the polls stoped showing that.
However, seing the results now, in which Edinburgh has 61.1% in favour of the union, I have to conclude that there was a huge silent majority. Why was that? Surely people didn't change their minds in the last day! Why were those who favoured the union so silent?
I don't understand why the cause of Scottish nationalism is so much louder and visible than that of British patriotism when the latter is apparently so much more popular in this city. Maybe this question could provide a thesis for a sociologist or a political scientist...
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