Refrendums Flashcards
Ealing Mayoral refrendum
Only 10% turnout - Tyranny of Minority
1998 Good Friday refrendum
Good referendum as it brought peace to Northern Ireland
and as 75% voted for a power share between two extreme camps with a history of violence.
2012 Wales Police and Crime commissioner
15<%
Doncaster Mayor
Created on a 30% turnout at the refrendum
Scottish Referendum
84% turnout
Other famous quotes
A.V.dicey - ‘people’s veto’
Blair - ‘in the case of constitutional change’ ‘there is clearly case to be taken by the British people
Thatcher - ‘sacrifice parliamentary sovereignty to political expediency’
Famous quotes about referendums
‘A tool of dictators and demagogues’ - Attlee
~ tyranny of the majority - and that the majority in question are often ill-equipped to understand precisely what is being asked for them
‘A device so alien to all our traditions’ - Attlee
Should Scotland be an independent country? Results and Turnout
No: 55.3% Yes:44.7% Turnout: 84.59%