Cracks that cannot be papered over

Despite the result being in favor of things remaining as they are, Scotland's referendum again highlights the growing divide between the rich and poor

Was it a failure of vision or a lack of nerve?

Probably both, since there was nothing in the no campaign's portentous pronouncements that offered a clear vision of a better tomorrow, rather the opposite as they relied on scaremongering a picture of disaster if Scotland voted to go its own way.