With the rural vote being blamed by some radicals for the failure to deliver independence, this raises two important issues.
The inner cities, and some rural areas, have problems which will be best solved from within and those who have found a voice and passion lately should be encouraged to remain involved and suggest solutions relevant to them, instead of having schemes dreamed up on high.
This would at least stop the blame being put at Westminster’s door.
But more pertinent to those concentrating on the financial angle, which I think swung the vote, we must be better prepared for the next referendum that on remaining in the European Union.
For a nation supposedly awash with financial experts, no one was able to put together a strong, well-reasoned financial statement which could convince the electorate of their case for or against independence.
To allow the argument for our position in Europe to coast along in the same mode until the last minute could spell disaster.
It will be too easy for Ukip to use the same ploy as we have seen lately: that of mocking remoteness of governance and an inability to relate to what is happening on the ground.
We must start to draw up a strong message and a plan of action to get this message across, with a determined team using all the media methods employed lately.
Although the Yes camp did not win in Scotland, they did well from a poor position, and the methods bear copying, with a strong leadership and positive mission statement.
The quiet majority have probably enjoyed foreign holidays, got to know other countries and their peoples and are as wary of extreme nationalism as I am, but will need bolstering in the face of what could be a plausible bunch of charlatans.
Why should I be bothered about this just now?
We are facing huge financial pressures, with the price of milk and grain falling off a cliff, and the unrest in the Ukraine and the Middle East sure to influence fertiliser prices and exports.
We need a strong Europe, with the financial clout to ride out upheavals.
This is no time to be like Janus, facing in two directions at once.
My worry is that middle England will tear itself apart, arguing about powers for the regions, when we have just had a strong vote for unity.
That is why I feel this is one task which should be devolved to a strong team to start on it immediately.