I just wondered what people think about Nicola Sturgeons latest utterances ... Nicola Sturgeon said it was "democratically unacceptable" that Scotland faced the prospect of being taken out of the EU against its will. This confuses me. She may have a point but given Yorkshire population (last time I looked) was actually larger than Scotland and it was a UK vote and not a separate referendum for each region (and last time I looked it was called the United Kingdom and not United Kingdoms) how in any shape or form is it democratically unacceptable? Also relevant that they had only recently voted to stay within the union. It seems to me like saying if Yorkshire returned 100% labour candidates to Parliament in a General Election but the Conservatives have a national majority then it is democratically unacceptable that Yorkshire should be ruled by Westminster. I know it is a bit different as Scotland does have a parliament and is partly devolved whereas Yorkshire is simply a region but in real terms what is the difference from a democratic perspective. Perhaps some of you with expertise on the constitution can enlighten me. Not sure what Arabian Ian has to say about this.
