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Originally Posted by Chris
Votes on cessation are held within the territory that would cecede. That's a pretty widely followed international convention.
The referendum is not about ending the united kingdom, it is about Scotland departing from it. If the other home nations had a vote, you could end up with a situation where Scottish voters opt to stay in the union, but voters elsewhere vote to chuck Scotland out. That would clearly be unfair, not least because there are about 12 times as many voters outside Scotland as there are within it.
If you would like England to end its relationship with Scotland, then you will just have to do what the Scottish nationalists have done. Found a separatist political party for England, then spend the next 75 years campaigning on it. Good luck with that.
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It's not just mark, there's a growing number of English.questioning what we get out of union, so much so the snp would be better of campaigning down here
http://www.theguardian.com/commentis...h-independence