[EternalVigilance]

Here’s the difference:

In the United Kingdom, the Queen is the sovereign.

She let ‘em have a vote.

In America, We the People are the sovereign.

Convince a sufficient majority of them to let a part of their country go, and it would be so.

Otherwise, nope.

[Winniesboy]

Here’s the difference: In the United Kingdom, the Queen is the sovereign. She let ‘em have a vote.

On the contrary, in the United Kingdom Parliament, not the monarchy, is sovereign, and has been so for a good few centuries. The Queen had nothing to do with 'permitting' the Scottish referendum. The devolved Scottish Parliament decided it would hold a referendum, and the United Kingdom Parliament agreed it would honour the outcome.