Aside from a fear that this time we might vote Yes, is there another valid reason that opponents of independence might deny Scotland's democratic right to vote on it? Anyone? Anyone?
Comments
Log in with your Bluesky account to leave a comment
It’s quite simple, they are hooked up to an economic gravy train that has made the the lazy to get off their arses and look after themselves. Anything else is hot air and deflection.
They have no valid reason,they do have a long history of theft of Scottish resources & rewarding us with the highest bills & keeping us down & would prefer us on our knees
We had one just a decade ago and the accepted referendum frequency is "once a generation". A referendum every 10 years reduces its value; it is in effect merely a vote for a decade of independence or status quo. Give it another 15 years and the argument for not having one weakens.
A 10 year frequency wasn’t in the Edinburgh Agreement nor in the Smith Commission report which stated, in fact, that nothing in the report prevented Scots choosing independence at any time. Even if it *were* a generation, the UKgov’s Good Friday Agreement specified a ‘generation’ as 7 years.
Nobody anywhere believes that a generation is 7 years. But, sure, let's keep having referendums every 7 to 10 years till we get the right answer. And then the wrong one, and then the right one, ad infinitum...
Uh, that's how democracy works. Didn't you know? And once Scotland is independent I expect opposition parties to try to have a vote to rejoin the UK again. And I'm happy with that. It's how things work in a democratic country.
That's how majorities work; it is ONE way to do democracy. In the end those who favour independence will find arguments for a vote and those who favour the status quo will find reasons not to.
It's irrelevant. If a majority of the population want a referendum we should have one, that's democracy.
How many of the countries that have gained their independence from England have subsequently wanted a referendum to reverse independence???
"Stephen Doughty, a Foreign Office minister, has told MPs that the future of Greenland is a matter for the people who live there. And he said that he made this clear in a meeting with Greenland’s foreign minister"
Comments
How many of the countries that have gained their independence from England have subsequently wanted a referendum to reverse independence???
I was a Yes voter, but think we'd get the same result on a re-run and have no desire to go through that again.
We have the 'right' - just not sure we should be exercising it yet.
Asking on behalf of 50+% of the population.
G'night
"Stephen Doughty, a Foreign Office minister, has told MPs that the future of Greenland is a matter for the people who live there. And he said that he made this clear in a meeting with Greenland’s foreign minister"
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/jan/14/keir-starmer-rachel-reeves-labour-kemi-badenoch-david-lammy-latest-politics-live-news?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-678652cf8f087e2684a2a4c7#block-678652cf8f087e2684a2a4c7