UK residents anxiously await Scottish vote

As Scottish voters prepare to go the polls, people south of the border
can only anxiously wait and watch to find out if their country will be
divided.

While Scots are hotly debating what independence might mean for their
own economy, people in London are wondering what a yes vote might mean
for the rest of the UK.

Ira Spitzer reports from London.

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VO#1
Englishman Nick Kenny honors his Scottish heritage by playing the
bagpipes outside London's National Gallery. For the 18-year old, the
issue of an independent Scotland is deeply personal.

SOT
"I'm both English and Scottish so I feel that a union is sort of
emotionally a bit nicer."

VO#2
Kenny thinks it's the Scots though, who risk more economically if they
decide to go it alone. Many here in London, like this man in Trafalgar
Square feel the same way.

SOT
"I think it will affect England, but I think it will affect the people
of Scotland more. I think they're going to find it difficult to change
something that's been around for 100 years. Suddenly to expect it to
go smooth, it's not going to happen."

VO#3

However, the breakup of the world's sixth largest economy, and the
resulting questions about how to split things up, would have major
implications for those who remain part of the United Kingdom.

SOT
"I think a larger group of people are more powerful than two
separates, as simple as that."

VO#4

THAT'S CHRIS AWCOCK, A SALESMAN FROM KENT. HE THINKS INDEPENDENCE
COULD BENEFIT SCOTLAND'S ECONOMY BUT WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY HURT THE
UK'S. POLITICAL ANALYST PAUL OSBORNE SAYS THAT PROSPECT WOULD SPOOK
INVESTORS.

SOT
"Markets hate uncertainty and they punish uncertainty and they move
out of economies that they're not clear the direction in which they're
going."

VO#5

With a change this profound and without a precedent, the reality is
that no one really knows what the effects may be, according to the man
in Trafalgar Square.

SOT
"Long term, who knows, it could be the greatest thing they'll ever do,
but it could be the worst thing."

VO#6

With the late push by the independence movement, many here in London
are just coming to terms with the fact that the future of their own
country might be radically different. In any case, it is a future that
only the people in Scotland can decide at this point. Ira Spitzer,
London.