A grueling night for the defeated leader of the independence campaign Alex Salmond.<br/> <br />Looking drained, he said it was time to move on.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY LEADER, ALEX SALMOND, SAYING:<br/> <br />"For me right now, therefore, there is a decision as to who is best placed to lead this process forward. I believe that this is a new exciting situation that is redolent with possibility, but in that situation I think that party, parliament and country would benefit from new leadership. Therefore I have told the national secretary of the Scottish National Party that I shall not accept nomination for leader at the annual conference in Perth on the 13th-15th November.<br/> <br />"For me as, as leader my time is nearly over, but for Scotland the campaign continues and the dream shall never die."<br/> <br />Across the country, emotions were heightened and passions divided.<br/> <br />Scotland had spurned independence but here in Glasgow, where nationalists were in a majority divis
