The next general election must allow votes at 16

Some suggested it was a political (or partisan) move. Others suggested it was pointless because young people were largely politically disengaged. In fact, 90.1 per cent of 16- and 17-year-olds (109,000) registered to vote, according to the Electoral Commission. Given the exceptionally high turnout (84 per cent), political disengagement among young people should no longer be a concern. The genie is out of the bottle. Many of us in Scotland need no convincing that they should have the vote in all elections.

Louise Cameron, chair of the Scottish Youth Parliament, spoke for many when she was reported as saying: "If you can take any sort of celebration from the referendum, it has definitely been the fact we have had such high engagement among young people. We have spoken to thousands of young people and we have found that when you engage them in the right terms, when you make it about issue-based politics rather than party-based politics, they are much more likely to be engaged."