When will the SNP accept that the European Parliament told Scotland before the last independent referendum that Scotland would have to apply to join the EU and there was no guarantee that they would be accepted. Also, what currency would they use? It would have to be the Euro assuming Scotland was accepted into a failed European Union.

I’m already hearing lots of previous no voters, wanting independence. People voted No as it was promised our position within the EU would be safe. That is no longer the case. The only viable option is independence. It must happen.

I was under the impression that some residents in Scotland voted leave - was the reported votes for and against yet another Westminster lie?  Sometimes in life we don't get what we had hoped for - move on, be adult and graceful in defeat. Tomorrow is another day. As for Nicola Sturgeon, she will bang on and on and on until she gets independence for Scotland - then she will throw it all away by joining the EU.

Scotland already voted to stay in the UK knowing full well that yesterday's referendum was on the cards. It also knew that Brexit was a very possible outcome. In June 2016 Survation, ComRes and Opinium put Brexit ahead in the polls. Scotland voted to be part of the UK with it's eyes open and the UK has in turn voted to leave the EU. Time to accept the results and move on.

One of the main arguments of Better Together was “Vote for independence and risk being thrown out of the EU, vote NO and your EU membership is safe as a part of the UK”. Now the whole of Scotland voted to stay in the EU and is being dragged out by English and Welsh voters. If this is not a significant and material change of the circumstances in which Scotland voted against independence I don’t know what is. Saying they voted once and don’t get to vote again no matter what happens is nonsense.

I'm lifelong SNP (Independence) voter, who voted Leave - we need to get politics back to the local level and away from the self-serving interests of Brussels and the FTSE 100 chairmen. There has clearly been a material change since the Independence Referendum but in meantime I trust that Nicola and team will play a full part in negotiating the best possible 'leave' terms for Scotland/UK and then it may be the right time to consider another independence referendum, anything else would smack of political opportunism and I believe (hope) the Scottish electorate are too smart to fall for that.

Scotland already has had a vote on independence, they also voted yesterday as part of the United Kingdom. Does Nicola Sturgeon intend to keep having referendums until she get the answer she wants.

This whole issue highlights how split and diversified we are in UK. There is a Union of countries (Europe) which does not suit England and Wales objectives, and a referendum is held and we vote to leave. There is another union of countries (United Kingdom) which does not suit Scotland's objectives of being out of Europe. We are supposed to be United. What is the difference?

At least Scotland has the option of independence then rejoining the  EU. London, Britain's most cosmopolitan city, votes firmly to remain but is held back by the leave votes in the shires, places where an immigrant is rarely seen. No independence route for us.

Don’t think we have any guarantees we will be allowed to join the EU as an independent Scotland, and we can’t seek membership until such times as we are independent. We therefore have the prospect of not being part of the UK nor part of the EU.

Just want to say the whole thing is a mess. Scotland as a whole votes to remain, as Northern Ireland has, but is going to be pulled out by the votes of England and Wales. Lots of potential for political wrangling between Edinburgh and London - and all the while people are uncertain about where they stand. What happens next?

Salmond states all 32 constituencies voted remain and therefore we should call a referendum. Can I point out that 28 out of 32 constituencies voted to REMAIN in the UK during the Scottish referendum. NO SECOND INDYREF.

Can someone please tell me when did Scotland gain independence from the rest of the UK? Nicola Sturgeon is out for her own self fulfilling agenda and is misleading the public.  The fact is Scotland is part of the United Kingdom as a whole and 17 million UK citizens said as a whole we want to leave the EU, that is democracy. So for her to say "we are being dragged out of the EU against our will" is not true. The citizens of the United Kingdom have spoken and it's to leave. I don't see people in other parts of the UK that voted to stay saying "we have been dragged out of the UK against our will".

Many of the Scots people I have talked to say their main reason for voting remain was because they did NOT want to give the SNP the excuse or opportunity to call for another independence referendum. If Scottish independence had not been an issue, their instinct was to vote leave, but their choice to vote remain was primarily tactical. Why have the media analysts not picked up on this?

Why are so many reports referring to Indy Ref 2? We had Indy Ref 2 in 2014 having had the first one in 1979.

I was all for keeping the UK together. Now I would prefer to live in an independent Scotland within the EU than with England outside the EU.

Scotland did not vote to remain in the EU, the UK voted to leave. Scotland is part of the United Kingdom and any votes cast were on behalf of the United Kingdom. I am from Scotland and my vote was one from the 38% of Scottish voters who voted on behalf of the United Kingdom to leave the EU. This should not trigger another indyref, we have already voted on that and we voted against it so just accept that decision as we need to accept this one.