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Originally Posted by MTVN
I still don't see why we need a referendum really. If 'the people need to have their say' on every major issue then why don't we have a referendum on our UN membership, or being a part of Nato? Why don't we have a referendum on the monarchy? That's not how it works, we elect our representatives every few years to entrust them with these decisions and so that they can enforce their policies, and the vast majority of us vote for parties which support EU membership. If people want us to leave the EU then they should vote for a party which upholds that stance - UKIP.
Having said that at least this will hopefully draw a line under it for the next few decades, but there's gonna be several months of annoying speculation and instability in the build up to it
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I think a referendum is required when enough momentum builds behind a cause that none of the potential governments are prepared to support. Being realistic, UKIP could never be an elected government because they do not have the strength and depth (as of now)
The system works fine without referendum when there are genuine choices available