[GeronL]

They promised a referendum on the EU

The Scottish vote was pointless, they’d still be ruled by Brussels

[SunkenCiv]

In that case, no, they didn’t “lie plain and simple” or at all.

Proposed referendum on United Kingdom membership of the European Union
> In January 2013, British Prime Minister David Cameron promised an “in/out” referendum on British membership of the European Union in 2017, after a period of renegotiation with the EU, if the Conservative Party wins an outright majority at the next general election, on May 7, 2015.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_referendum_on_United_Kingdom_membership_of_the_European_Union

[SunkenCiv]

But if Scotland *had* voted themselves off the island (55-45 to stay in the UK), the EU might have thrown them back.