Examples of Direct Democracy within the UK
- Created by: Drinkaldfaye
- Created on: 15-01-21 17:49
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- Types of direct democracy
- Referendums
- An optional referendum - which can be proposed by the government for the people to voice their opinions
- British referendums are mostly used around constitutional issues
- For example 2016 Brexit Referendums
- Voters are able to directly impact societal issues
- Referendums do not always put an end to constitutional issues or 'close' them
- E-Petitions
- 270 petitions got a response from the Government + 49 were debated in the House of Commons
- A petition must get 100,000 signatures online in order to be debated in the house of Commons
- Referendums
- A petition must get 10,000 signatures to get a response from the Government
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