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Originally Posted by jfman
It’s entirely the point. No generation of voters is permitted to bind the rights of the following generations in this manner, any more than the voters that put us into the EU could be entitled to claim we could not withdraw. Are you claiming that the mandate for a referendum would be stronger if a party other than the SNP led the calls and won the election?
What is unusual is that the proposal is for a referendum closer to 10 years after the previous one. However if that’s what people vote for they are entitled to time and time again until people get bored of it. If the opposition are ineffective at portraying that as a waste of time, or distracting from getting on with day to day business, or portraying their own vision for Scotland within the devolution settlement then that’s unlikely to change.
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There are plenty of examples of where we are eternally bound by decisions of a previous vote. Eg we couldn't undo selected parts of the Lisbon Treaty or any other directive or ruling, it was all or nothing. Even that wasn't an option prior to the Lisbon Treaty. Article 50 didn't exist before then. Another example is the Barnett Formula. Meant to be a temporary measure, and has NO legal basis, other than convention. No chance that it would ever be revoked.