Or maybe just the idea that late-campaign discussions about the pound, the EU and NATO, and Salmond blithely assuring everyone that “oh, that’ll be settled later, we’ll negotiate and I’m sure it’ll come out okay…” gave all the undecideds a general sense that some real basic facets of transition hadn’t been carefully thought through.

Leaders who don’t have answers about such things aren’t the right leaders to take you through them — let’s try again in 10 or 15 or 20 years with people who’ve considered the contingencies.