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Referendums in the UK
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- 1What did PM Clement Attlee refer to referendums as?"The referendum is a device of dictators and demagogues" that is "alien to our traditions".
- 2When are referendums usually called in the UK?Whilst there is no formal list of circumstances in which UK referendums are legally required, it has long been accepted that they been held on matters of major constitutional change.
- 3What were the two UK-wide referendums and when were they held?1975 - Referendum on our continued membership in the EEC (now EU)
May 2011 - Referendum on the introduction of AV into Westminster elections.
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- Flashcards on Referendums in the UK, created by Gabrielle Hamer on 31/05/2015.
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- Gabrielle Hamer · May 2015
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