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It’s certainly hard to argue that Scotland shouldn’t be allowed to hold a referendum again. Usually I feel that the one they had a few years back should stand b
by Erikun 4y ago
It’s certainly hard to argue that Scotland shouldn’t be allowed to hold a referendum again. Usually I feel that the one they had a few years back should stand but with brexit the situation feels sufficiently changed that the old result feels dated.
But at the same time, the lesson should be that a simple majority is not a sufficient result. Either a qualified majority of some sort, with minimum participation threshold, or maybe two referendums with a general election in between sounds about right.
- Engineering-MD 4y agoA higher threshold would be sensible. The difficulty is if you keeping asking a question, 15 No’s and 1 yes means yes.
- camjw 4y agoIndyref1 got 85% turnout (highest ever turnout for a democratic event in the UK) so at least any reasonable minimum participation threshold should be easily reached.