2016, Scotland wanted to stay in the EU.
England voted no.
2017, Scotland wanted to stay in the Single Market. England voted to leave.
2019, Scotland was happy to have a referendum or stay in the Single Market.
England voted no.

'Team UK' sounds kind of hollow at this point. https://twitter.com/hendopolis/status/1391142772820873219
Scotland had a referendum in 2014 and with a wave on support increasing they had more than a foot out of the door.

Then we had a referendum in 2016 where they said that if we left the EU, it would reopen the matter.

We voted knowing it would do that. https://twitter.com/AlStewartOBE/status/1391100404939862019
People wanted to go ahead with Brexit and now we all have to be prepared to live with the political consequences.
England had 3 votes on it, and 3 times they voted that they cared more about the sovereignty of the union than the actual union.

How messed up is that?
A theoretical political concept was more important to the English than the people in Scotland or Northern Ireland.
I don't remember a single English politician saying that maybe we should consider what was best for the union and that we should regain some perspective.
I don't remember one person in the media interviewing those politicians saying that they need to cut all this 'sovereignty' crap and start focusing on the real problems we were facing.
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