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by m-i-l·10y ago·view on hn ↗
Apparently the Leave supporters were so distrustful of authority that they were taking pens to mark the ballot papers[0], so retrospectively changing the rules would be like trying to put out a fire by throwing on petrol.

Unfortunately the former United Kingdom has shown it is irrevocably divided, so should get on with trying to make the best of a bad situation, e.g. (in my view) by setting up an independent Scotland and independent London[1].

[0] http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-backers-urge-...

[1] https://www.change.org/p/sadiq-khan-declare-london-independe...

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Scotland had its chance, and decided no. London independence is just transparent elitism and will never happen.
As Sturgeon rightly pointed out, the situation has materially changed as a large part of the Scottish independence remain campaign was that the UK needed the Scottish support to stop it happening.

The UK leaving the EU would most likely make a second Scottish independence vote succeed, which would make me sad.