Re: The EU Referundum for the UK.
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 1:38 pm
AHM wrote:billwill wrote:Not really, they are on any issue that the government thinks is important enough.
Bill we have a parliamentary democracy - We elect parliament to make decisions. We have only held referenda on constitutional matters.
Quite so, but the petition is merely a request that Pariament discuss the issue of whether or not a referendum is needed on the terms of trade. If those terms include uncontrolled immigration, then that seems to me to be a sovereignty matter.
It would be Parliament that would decide to hold a referendum and on what conditions; perhaps if it were to be they would this time insist on a clear majority; say the 60% of 75% turnout that has been mooched about.