About the Scottish referendum: British citizens are led to believe that in a functioning democracy, a government's legitimacy & moral right to use state power is justified & lawful only when consented, or agreed to, by the people over which that political power is exercised.
Edward Herman &Noam Chomsky in their book, Manufacturing Consent, advanced a #propaganda model for the news media, in which coverage of current events is skewed by corporations & the state in order to manufacture the consent of the governed. This is the case in Britain.
The people of Scotland have in no way, shape, or form, given their consent to be governed by the cabal of increasingly unhinged extremists currently occupying Parliament.
It should also be noted that just 29% of the UK electorate voted Tory in 2019.
#ElectoralReformNow
It should also be noted that just 29% of the UK electorate voted Tory in 2019.
#ElectoralReformNow
If you believe FPTP & referendums are the best mechanisms to decide who governs, that's up to you. But a 55%/45% vote, with a margin of 384K - when 660K didn't vote - is an issue. Better minds than mine have been trying to resolve the problem of 'consent' in democratic systems. 
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