As a very pro-EU Scot who is broadly in favour of democracy, here are my Arguments against a second referendum; without using the phrase 'once in a generation'
The downside risk far outweighs the upside gain, it would either be deeper division and the status Quo, or a hugely damaging split from our largest market and STILL being out of the EU
'Neverendums' harm foreign investment. Quebec is barely recovered from the damage of their second referendum.
A second go sets a precedent for a third and a fourth; a tyranny of uncertainty by a vocal minority that would keep Scotland in fractured limbo for generations.
Every minute, pound & kilojoule that the government, civil service and SNP have wasted on independence since 2007 HASN'T gone into Scottish education, services, business development or communities- and it really shows.
A yes, or no vote, would leave scotland deeply divided, with either the recession of Brexit, or the depression of sexit as well.
The case for independence is being made with the 12 tactics from the Populist's playbook. To win indy the SNP would do their damnedest to make sure it was an uninformed decision.
Example - MSP @Forlean is caught out in a direct lie. A complaint is made, and the Scottish government response is he is allowed to lie on a personal social account to thousands of voters.
I don't trust the Scottish government to run a fair referendum - taking electoral commission advice on a fairer question, for example. Or the emancipation for Scots in rUK,
Let's suppose the lies were true, and Scotland subsidises the rUK - I'm not going to enable making 55 million people poorer to enrich 5 million. That's discriminatory and elitist.
It's parochial! In a world with such global problems we should have fewer borders, not more! Most working Scots are in the top 1% of global earners, don't tell me we are oppressed. We're not. We're among the most pampered, well-off people now or in history.
I'm not writing off the UK - There's huge problems with FPTP , There's a backlash against brexit that will get deeper. We can reform and take the UK back into EU probably quicker and easier than getting an iScot healthy and in.
We have Brexit, a global pandemic, the collapse of America as the 'leader of the free world', russian interference, overpopulation, climate collapse... These are *not* arguments that suggest we should create more uncertainty.
