Dunya News - The peculiar history of Scotland and England’s union

Last week, British Prime Minister David Cameron issued a plaintive appeal to voters in Scotland ahead of Thursday's referendum on Scottish independence. "We desperately want you to stay; we do not want this family of nations to be ripped apart,

The "Yes" and "No" camps appeared to be neck-and-neck ahead of the vote. If the former had prevaileds, it would have raised profound, existential questions for the nation that Cameron now governs. Could it even be called Britain?