Quote Originally Posted by islaydarkblue View Post
You have hit the nail on the head.
In my opinion all the current animosity in U.K. and Scottish politics is caused by people failing to accept the result of the last two referendums namely the Scottish Independence referendum in September 2014 with the Yes supporters refusing to accept the result and the EU referendum in June 2016 where the Remainers again refused to accept the result.
If I had been on the losing side of each referendum I would have accepted the result with good grace and got on with it.
Islay, you had me agreeing with you right up until the bit about "accepting the result with good grace and got on with it!" I think that referendums are a completely different type of vote compared with any other type. They seem to settle an argument one way or the other and there really isn't much motivation to accept the decision and get on with it, IMO. There is always the possibility of having a second referendum and reversing the decision. As a result people with deeply held views can only argue for a reversal of the decision. Voting for a change in politicians is a bit like rearranging the furniture. voting in a referendum is more like voting for different furniture.