Yep but you can't retrospectively apply a different standard because the result you didn't like happened. Getting such a standard applied in the beginning would

Yep but you can't retrospectively apply a different standard because the result you didn't like happened. Getting such a standard applied in the beginning would also have been tricky given recent precedent (the AV and Scottish referenda) that viewed 50% + 1 as sufficient. Given the Scottish government want a second IndyRef they weren't going to sit by and allow a supermajority clause added to this referendum.