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YOUTH: The record 84 per cent referendum turnout proved votes at 16 should be introduced across Britain, politicians said yesterday.
More than 100,000 16 and 17-year-olds snapped up the chance to register.
Green Party leader Natalie Bennett said the case had “definitively been made” to extend the franchise in England and Wales in time for next May’s general election.
SOCIAL MEDIA: Yes Scotland may have lost their battle for independence — but their committed campaigners won the Twitter war.
The social network revealed yesterday that users posted more than 1.5 million messages backing the Yes campaign compared to 500,000 for No.
Andy Murray’s pro-Yes tweet was the most shared on referendum day with more than 18,000 retweets.
CONSTITUTION: The anti-monarchy cause will be “spurred on” by the huge participation in the independence campaign, Republic chief executive Graham Smith said yesterday.
He said: “People now have a taste of the excitement and inspiration of a real democratic moment.”
In Northern Ireland, Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness called yesterday for a border poll on a united Ireland.
