David Clegg, the Daily Record's Political Editor, told Sunday Politics Scotland: "We are going to have a fairly complicated constitutional few months, where the promises made by the Westminster leaders are going to have to be delivered or else there is going to be anger. I think the SNP are right when they say that anger will spill into people who voted No in the referendum.

"That is the reason why it will have to happen. The best guarantor of these powers is the prospect of another referendum which all the unionist parties will be determined to avoid.

"The referendum was very conclusive. The turnout was fantastically high. Independence is not something that the Scottish public want, but what they do want is more powers in Edinburgh."

Maurice Pannell: For heaven's sake give Westminster a chance to honour its commitments before starting to use words like "renege" Mr Salmond. The vote was only final on Friday morning and a clear timetable laid out. MPs should be judged by what happens over the next few months.

Paul Clark: What other true country would choose not to be an independent nation? It's simply mind blowing that Scotland should vote no. This sends a message to the rest of the world that we are an unambitious people only concerned with the here and now. A nation who would choose to be ruled rather than rule ourselves and shape our own destiny and that of our children. What has happened to the free thinkers, the pioneers of the modern world, the brave, intellectual, forward looking Scots that we are regarded throughout the world to be?

David Copping: I don't think Nicola Sturgeon would make a good leader of the SNP. She is too closely identified with losing the referendum. Scotland needs someone new who will unite the country and go forward as a full member of the United Kingdom.

Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna accused Mr Cameron of behaving in a "disgraceful" way over his response to the referendum.

He told BBC Radio 5 Live's Pienaar's Politics: "What you are seeing is the Prime Minister here behaving in a dishonourable way and in bad faith, because he has been seeking to link English votes for English MPs to the issue of Scottish devolution and what was agreed before the referendum.

"There was no mention of tying that - English votes for English MPs - to the reforms that we need to look at that have been agreed in Scotland."

He added: "We have just seen the Scottish people vote to maintain this wonderful, successful union that we have got, maintain the solidarity and togetherness that we have, and all the Prime Minister now wants to talk about is separating out different parts of our country, setting them up against each other."

Dismissing Mr Cameron's "back of the fag packet" approach he added: "I think the way he has behaved has been disgraceful."

Asked on Sunday Politics Scotland if Labour was in crisis following the independence referendum, with many Labour supporters voting Yes, Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander dismissed the suggestion.

He highlighted how the majority of people in traditional SNP areas such as Moray and Perth and Kinross voted No. He also accepted Labour had "work to do".

Nick: As an Englishman I secretly hoped Scotland would remain part of the United kingdom as I genuinely see us all as one multifaceted family. However, I think Alex Salmond is the modern day William Wallace and so admired his clear love and passion for the Scottish people. I was saddened to see him step down as First Minister and hope it is not a kneejerk reaction that he will regret in years to come. He is a great politician - use his talents, find him a job.

SNP MSP Jamie Hepburn, external tweets: Looking forward to announcement from @NicolaSturgeon for leadership of @theSNP. She is going to be an outstanding First Minister for Scotland.

These are notable excerpts from Right Reverend John Chalmers' sermon at the service for reconciliation in Edinburgh.

"Today and in the weeks to come Scotland needs magnanimity all round and it needs a process for shaping our future which allows every voice, (the 45% as well as the 55%) not just to be heard but to be listened to. This process has engaged those who have otherwise been disengaged and we cannot allow that engagement to evaporate.

"Today in Scotland, those who may be feeling let down, bereft, anxious, angry - need to find that on the other side there are those who are prepared to be magnanimous, generous and inclusive in their approach to what happens next. And although it is not possible for the result to be reversed so that the first shall be last and the last shall first - there is an imperative that we make the last feel like they are first."

Vanessa Barford
BBC News Magazine

Elizabeth McClelland, an elder at St Giles, believes the service is an "extremely good idea".

Ms McClelland said: "We want to acknowledge a huge feeling of unease. Everyone is waiting to see if the government fulfils its vows and it's creating tension - but the whole of Scotland should be proud."

Vanessa Barford
BBC News Magazine

Outside the historic cathedral, situated between Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace on the Royal Mile at the heart of the city, there are still signs of the schisms of the past few weeks.

"Yes" is emblazoned across the statue of influential Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith. The cathedral is also marked with a few messages of "Yes", though some may argue with respect - written in chalk that can easily be wiped away.

Vanessa Barford
BBC News Magazine

On a warm, sunny morning in Edinburgh, the bells of St Giles's Cathedral are ringing with optimism.

The Kirk wants this service - which it says isn't just for Scotland's capital city but the whole nation - to be a message of unity and to help heal the divisions of the referendum by reminding the congregation of their "shared values" and "common purpose".

More than 1,000 people are expected to fill the aisles and stretch out their hand of friendship to fellow Scots who did not support the same side in the service.

Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander and Scotland's Finance Secretary John Swinney will each give a reading.

The outgoing First Minister said: "One of the ironies that is developing so quickly after the referendum might be that those who lost on Thursday - the Yes side - end up as the political winners, and those who won end up as the losers."

Mr Salmond also said on the BBC's Sunday Politics Show that he is going to write a book entitled '100 days' which will be coming out before Christmas. In it, he said he may reveal the things he would have changed about the Yes campaign.

Senior politicians from both sides in the Scottish independence campaign, including Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael, are at a service of reconciliation at St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh.

"This is, for the SNP, a very favourable political time. My concern is the opportunity for Scotland and how that can be moved foward."

Alex Salmond to Sunday Politics: "I've been leader of the party for 20 of the last 24 years and I think it's time to give someone else a shot."

Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael insisted that the English issue would not be allowed to derail progress on the delivery of extra powers to Holyrood.

He told Pienaar's Politics there was a "popular mood" to discuss the status of English and Scottish MPs but added: "It's good that we can have this wider conversation but that does not act as any sort of brake or hindrance on our meeting the timetable that we have previously given an undertaking on."

The Liberal Democrat UK government minister said the Tory plan to link the two matters was an attempt to encourage swift movement on reform across the UK.

"But if that agreement is not achievable then we still keep to the work in the Scottish Parliament and the work of Lord Smith," he said.

Mr Salmond added: "I am not really an agoniser. I take a look at things. When you get beaten in an election or referendum, then you have to consider standing down as a real possibility.

"I know taking responsibility in politics has gone out of fashion but there is aspect to which if you lead a campaign and you don't win, then you have to contemplate whether you are the best person to lead future political campaigns and in my judgement it was time for the SNP and the broader yes movement would benefit from new leadership."

First Minister Alex Salmond tells the BBC's Sunday Politics Show: "For most of the referendum I thought we would win."

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The Scotsman's Deputy Editor Kenny Farquharson, external tweets: Depressing conversation with English relative this morning. They think we hate them. Let the love bombing of the English commence. #indyref

Keith: I hope that what I am hearing is not true. The three main parties promised the Scottish people that they would get new powers if they voted No in the referendum. Now that the poll is over and the vote to go independent was No, the English politicians can't seem to agree exactly what benefits they are going to give to the Scottish people.

I hope they are not going back on their promise. I am English, but I feel that a promise is a promise.

No wonder nobody trusts any politicians.