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I have been saying this for months, but we still have the mistaken notion (A) that referenda are more than mere expressions of collective opinion; and (B) that only the Scots (or Welsh or N Irish as the case may be] can have 'em!
English independence or separatism still divides English nationalists, but the one thing which can unite them is demanding full participation of voters in England in ANY referenda about the future of ANY part of the UK. The referenda in 1979 and 1997 were travesties of democracy along with the subsequent fiasco in the north east of England!
Continued denial of equal rights for citizens in England about such important constitutional matters are effectively admissions that the UK is dying, if not yet dead! We still get Scots on this forum asserting that England is not entitled to have any say about Scotland's future! So much for their idea of democracy and fairness!
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