There are some strangely-informed NO voters that claim they did not vote for the Tories to be in power. Of course, they couldn't be more wrong.
During the referendum, we were asked to choose between two systems: the new Scottish independence system or the existing Union system. We weren't asked to pick and choose from the various components that make up each system. Even if there were bits of the system you didn't like, you still only had the option of choosing one system or the other.
That is, a vote for the system is a vote for each component of the system.
For me, I'd have preferred independence to mean Scotland would have its own currency and an elected head of state. But I didn't have the option of choosing what components went into the system - all I could do was choose the entire system, warts and all.
So too for the Unionists. Some Unionists might hate the Tories but the Union system is that Westminster alternates between periods of Tory and Labour rule and has done so since 1924. If you voted NO, then you voted for every single part of the Union system to continue. That is, you voted for the Union, warts and all.
For many, the Tories are the warts of the Union. But for the NO-voting Unionists, they must have come to the conclusion that even Tory rule within the Union was better than becoming bankrupt under independence.
By voting for the Union system, you voted for all of the system. That is, you voted for periods of Tory rule at Westminster.
If you voted NO, you really did vote for the Tories.
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