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The British have always been rather keen on giving people the "right to vote" when it is best for them. The last few Scottish independent votes were times selected with the best odds of remain (same with northern Ireland for that matter).



> The British have always been rather keen on giving people the "right to vote" when it is best for them

Brexit was a massive miscalculation by Westminster [1].

[1] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/22/tory-fury-as-davi...




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