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Gordon Booth · 21-10-2011, 19:06

[quote=JCB;941382]We live in a Parliamentary Democracy .

We do not legislate by referendums (quote) .

Perhaps it's time we did, in cases as important as the peacefull takeover of our country!
If a referendum was acceptable in 1975 to get us in then your argument is negated. A referendum to decide if we stay in should be just as legitimate.
As you say, the political parties are happy enough to have one when it suits their purpose( as in 1975 and 2011).

21-10-2011, 19:06	#174
Gordon Booth Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,402 Liked: 715 times Rep Power: 46613	Re: How'd you vote in an E.U. referendum? [quote=JCB;941382]We live in a Parliamentary Democracy . We do not legislate by referendums (quote) . Perhaps it's time we did, in cases as important as the peacefull takeover of our country! If a referendum was acceptable in 1975 to get us in then your argument is negated. A referendum to decide if we stay in should be just as legitimate. As you say, the political parties are happy enough to have one when it suits their purpose( as in 1975 and 2011).