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Arguments for and Against the use of Referendums in the UK
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Arguments for and Against the use of Referendums in the UK Referendums are defined as being the submission of a political question to the direct vote of the electorate, whereas elections are defined as public choice of governmental representatives under a democratic system. Although both require the electorate to vote in a similar way using a ballot box in a polling station, they are in fact quite different. Elections require the voter to choose which MP and which political party they would prefer to form the government and run the country, for example the 1997 election where the electorate voted to bring the Labour Party lead by Tony Blair into power. Referendums, however, happen when the government in power decides to put a question to the public to find out their views on the issue, for example a referendum on the issue of whether Britain should join the single European currency...
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