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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
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I suppose that's one way of spinning it; but spin/nuance it is.
For the Referendum, there was no constitutional basis for each province (for want of a better term) to have a veto - or even qualified majority(!).
The Referendum was, as you know, UK wide and implemented on that basis. Of course, the government could have made some laws after the result so as to deal with regionality issues, but it didn't.
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The context of my response was a reply to NomadKing. He had stated "England would never be allowed to get a say on this or indeed anything else."
I disagreed and by way of example cited the 2016 referendum.