http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2008/03/03/on-referendums/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:35:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2008/03/03/on-referendums/#comment-45611 Nimbos Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:22:56 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2008/03/03/on-referendums/#comment-45611 Referenda, shoorly :-p Personally, I beleive that in general it's up to Parliament to make the kind of calls a referendum may be called for. EXCEPT where one is promised as a manifesto pledge. I also have a particular problem at the moment because I beleive that the whip system means fundamentally that our MPs are putting the party line far too far above the views of the constituents they are supposed to represent. Referenda, shoorly :-p
Personally, I beleive that in general it’s up to Parliament to make the kind of calls a referendum may be called for. EXCEPT where one is promised as a manifesto pledge. I also have a particular problem at the moment because I beleive that the whip system means fundamentally that our MPs are putting the party line far too far above the views of the constituents they are supposed to represent.

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