
Re: Autocratic governments, that's a broad brush nowadays.
The UK left the EU of its own accord on a 52%/48% (of those that voted) advisory referendum.
The UK government said a few weeks ago that there would need to be sustained support in polls of over 60% over "a reasonably long period" for Scotland to have a referendum.
So which is more controlling again? The UK isn't a union of equals (as it wasn't in 1707).