Let the people decide.

So if, as seems most likely, the referendum in Crimea today results in an overwhelming vote in favour of joining (rejoining really) Russia, what will be our stance?  We have consistently supported those protesting in Egypt, Libya and (at least initially) Syria, on the basis that the people of those countries should be allowed to choose their own future - so what's the difference?  Do we only support the popular will when it suits us?  There's a word for that - hypocrisy!