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Originally Posted by gynn
Republic of Ireland
Public voted to reject the new EU Constitution. Government reaction was to launch a publicity campaign and hold a second referendum. Result? Acceptance.
And how many of the thousands of agreements/statutes/concordats signed by the British government in Brussels on which millions of people have based life determining decisions (where to live, where to work,etc etc etc) are also legally binding?
A simple YES/NO vote on the UK membership would be an exercise in naivety. We are in. Get used to it!
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Er....I'm not Irish.
I can't think of any referendum's results that haven't been acted upon by a British government.
You've already stated you're happy with the current status quo, regarding our membership of the E.U.
I'll 'get used to it' when the majority of the British people have ratified it, via a referendum.
As for the 'naivety' of a question with a yes/no voting option.
Even you seemed to manage quite well, when you voted in similarly simplistic yes/no referendums about Europe, in the seventies.
This isn't going away.
Even you should be able to see this, as a pro-European Unionist, who doesn't want a fair, and democratic referendum.
There's a growing demand for the right to have our views counted.
Get used to it.