It just seems wrong to me, kind of like not allowing divorces. If states don’t see eye to eye on most issues anymore, why should they be forced to stay together? Forcing 2 or more parties with wildly different outlooks on things to stay together just creates division and conflict. Everyone should be allowed to go their own way, for their good and others’. Saying this as someone from Massachusetts - I’d really support my state seceding and forming some sort of federation with other like-minded Northeastern states.
Because parliament agreed. There’s no uk constitution. Scotland’s government’s power is only what is given to it by the uk parliament. Parliament could easily have said no, and legally scotland would have no choice but to stay, but it was a politically good move to allow the vote because it wouldn’t look good if the uk forced scotland to stay against their will, and could cause instability.
In the Grey video he says there’s no legal way for Texas to leave other than by convincing the US to be ok with it - basically using politics to come to a mutual agreement. That’s what happened with scotland.