You seem to conflate 'democratic', 'legal' and 'desired'. Something can be democratic and illegal - when laws are enacted to prevent certain applications of de

You seem to conflate 'democratic', 'legal' and 'desired'. Something can be democratic and illegal - when laws are enacted to prevent certain applications of democracy, as it appears to be the case here. Something can also be democratic and undesired - many on here that Brexit is an example of that. But words have meanings. A referendum if held under basic voting and independence rules is by definition democratic. Even if it concerns unilateral secession.