IN his arguments against a second EU referendum, Mark Francois – an ardent Conservative Brexiteer – reminded viewers of Politics Live on September 17 about the UK Government’s booklet on its stated position on Brexit in the run-up to the 2016 EU referendum. This booklet described the 2016 vote as a “once-in-a-generation decision”. This was a document written, edited and published by the UK Government and was sent at a cost of £9.2 million through every door in the country.
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Is it possible that when the media and Unionist parties talk of the “once-in-a-generation decision” in relation to the Scottish independence vote of 2014, they are getting mixed up with the 2016 EU vote? An off-the-cuff remark by one politician in 2014 does not compare with the considered position of the UK Government published in 2016. Consequently, those advocating a second EU vote cannot logically deny a second independence vote.
Kerr Walker
Alford
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