http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20160627-143706 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/a-disunited-kingdom-two-nations-in-two-nations-out/ A Disunited Kingdom: two Nations in, two Nations out Murkens, Jo Eric Khushal eng 2016-06-27 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 brexit Devolution Referendum Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 The United Kingdom is not a centralised state. It is a ‘family of nations’. There is a strong case for arguing that the referendum carries only if a majority of voters in all four nations respectively give their backing. England and Wales voted to leave, but Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to remain. Recognising that split is not a matter of shifting the goalposts after the fact. It is about respecting an established, indeed a compelling constitutional order.