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Should Referendums be used more widely? Why?  

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Should Referendums be used more widely? Why? Referendums: a vote by the electorate directly on a specific; may be advisory or binding. Some people believe that referendums should be used more widely in UK's decision and policy making. They justify this belief, because there are many questions being asked of UK's democracy and the severe lack of voters in the last general election. There are many reasons to back this argument up, one would be to make the voters feel more involved in decisions (an example of this is the so called greening of the conservative party where because of public pressure they paid increasing attention to environmental issues) and so therefore would spark a more active interest amongst voters and possibly minors (potential voters) If there is a wider use of referendums, there would be less for MP's to represent, which would be easier, because many feel out...

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