There is something in what your interlocutor says. They've been very time and energy consuming.
The timing may not be of our own making. There appears to be some arrangement being contemplated where Scotland exits the UK and goes through the process of remaining in the EU in parallel and in parallel with England leaving. Which would require a referendum within about 18 months.
It also depends what the mood of the nation settles down. If in six months time indyref polling is running at 60:40 for leaving the Union and remaining in the EU and the Labour Party come out for independence then it becomes more of a form filling exercise than the sort of deep process we ran last time.
There are also no great outcomes here - we may have to learn to like our porridge with lumps in.
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There is something in what your interlocutor says. They've been very time and energy consuming.
The timing may not be of our own making. There appears to be some arrangement being contemplated where Scotland exits the UK and goes through the process of remaining in the EU in parallel and in parallel with England leaving. Which would require a referendum within about 18 months.
It also depends what the mood of the nation settles down. If in six months time indyref polling is running at 60:40 for leaving the Union and remaining in the EU and the Labour Party come out for independence then it becomes more of a form filling exercise than the sort of deep process we ran last time.
There are also no great outcomes here - we may have to learn to like our porridge with lumps in.