Re: Shut up already
Well, presumably, the only way to differentiate the scots was via residence. I suppose they could have made everyone read "Its a bright moonlit night tonight" and made an aural judgement, but that might have been a tad tedious.
The English on the other hand, are pretty well defined, though separating the minorities like the Welsh and Northern Oirish by mechanisms other than dialect would also be a problem.
OK. I will rephrase.
Why doesn't everyone in the United Kingdom get a vote?
Oh, are they trying to detach from Great Britain or from the United Kingdom or both?
I am starting to get confused. I think my point was that perhaps the rest of the residents of "not Scotland" would like a say in jettisoning them.
I need a coffee now