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> if victory in a direct plebiscite isn't a legitimate basis for long-term constitutional change The question is not whether a referendum outcome should legiti
by EForEndeavour 5y ago
> if victory in a direct plebiscite isn't a legitimate basis for long-term constitutional change
The question is not whether a referendum outcome should legitimize change. The question is whether using the threshold of simple majority (50%) makes sense. Many constitutional changes throughout the world require a supermajority:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermajority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermajority
- blibble 5y agoI'd agree but then I'd counter with the fact that a super-majority wasn't required to join the EU (EEC in 1975), so why is it fair that a supermajority would then be required to leave it? stacking the odds in Remain's favour in this way would definitely have been seen as illegitimate (I'm also certain that the majority of people stating that the UK leaving the EU should have required a super-majority would be against requiring a super-majority to rejoin, in the unlikely event that ever happens...)