Originally Posted by
Hugh Cow
No, but if a country wants to leave a union and there seems to be a majority they should have a democratic right to test that. Unlike the former soviet union that was basically a totalitarian state, where countries were forced into a union, the U.K is not.
The Brits vote for a new govt every 5 years. If the majority of Scots want a new referendum on independence after 7 years is it not their democratic right? It would take at least 3 years or more to extricate itself from the union.
We have seen that Brexit is a painful divorce and comes at a price but it is the will of the majority. Scottish independence will be an equally if not more painful separation but in a democracy the majority rules if the citizens are willing to bare the cost.
In the end the rights of the majority of Scottish citizens should be paramount. It is not a break away province of England but a separate country who citizens have the right to self determination which can only be tested by a referendum. Brexiteers of all people should recognise this.