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Flashcards by Gabrielle Hamer, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Gabrielle Hamer
over 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What did PM Clement Attlee refer to referendums as? | "The referendum is a device of dictators and demagogues" that is "alien to our traditions". |
| When are referendums usually called in the UK? | Whilst there is no formal list of circumstances in which UK referendums are legally required, it has long been accepted that they been held on matters of major constitutional change. |
| What were the two UK-wide referendums and when were they held? | 1975 - Referendum on our continued membership in the EEC (now EU) May 2011 - Referendum on the introduction of AV into Westminster elections. |
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