NB: The Scottish independence referendum did not allow the rest of the UK to vote. It was considered a matter for the Scots alone. Arguably this wasn't fair. S

NB: The Scottish independence referendum did not allow the rest of the UK to vote. It was considered a matter for the Scots alone. Arguably this wasn't fair. Splitting a country in two affects everyone, so why couldn't everyone vote? But if the rest of the country could vote then there'd not have been even a tiny hope the SNP would have accepted the results. In fact, they did not accept that they lost anyway, even when voting was restricted to Scotland. But it's easy to understand why the referendum was designed the way it was. Ironically it might be that these days the rest of the UK would kick Scotland out, if they were given a vote. It's not necessarily true that everyone cares about the Union.