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Quite - and as it is under the jurisdiction of the Council of Europe and has been signed in to UK law by a democratically elected UK government you can't just leave it however much you want your human rights to be abused.

This.

Yes I am and you and Westdene are both making my point for me with the Swiss stuff. Either you have a system where you have referenda on everything (and low turnout on fairly irrelevant general elections) or you have a general election with a higher turnout where the protagonists cover every...

What, UKIP gaining what would project as 17% of the national vote (and no seats) in a general election and that based on a low turn out and local elections that were neither nationwide nor proportional. OK then. Though UKIP wouldn't bother with the referendum they'd just take us out. Agreed...

No. Why have a general election to elect who you prefer based on a balanced bundle of policies and then hold a referendum on one of those policies alone? Why can't we have a referendum on keeping the NHS public or renationalising the railways or progressing the academy and free school program or...