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At least from Johnson's pov, his argument for refusing another referendum was exactly in line with his view on brexit. Specifically, if you have a referendum th

At least from Johnson's pov, his argument for refusing another referendum was exactly in line with his view on brexit. Specifically, if you have a referendum then you should bloody well respect the result. The last thing he wanted was to offer the possibility that a referendum is just for Xmas and you can change your mind if you get cold feet. And tbh, there were only 2 realistic outcomes from the Supreme Court today: either that there's no legislation to review so they can't comment (which they dismissed) or that we have precedent for the exact mechanism for having a Scottish independence referendum. Because we've had one.

theironhammer 4y ago
rich_sasha 4y ago
His arguments were not particularly coherent. My point is he insisted that nations have an absolute sovereignty and cannot be bound by other nations' or organisations' will. But then there he goes telling Scotland what rules they are bound by, which they scarcely elected themselves. If Scotland wanted to have a referendum every other month, what's that to him, given his attitude to UK-EU relations? I think it's a bit nonsensical to have referenda on such important matters, with such poor standards on campaigning, and thresholds being simple majority, in the first place. Having one or two in a short time span is equally silly.