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jfman · 12-01-2019, 19:03

It’s all rather depressing.

Referenda aren’t really helpful where they aren’t clearly won or lost by decisive majorities. The division in the country is huge and is unlikely to be healed regardless of the outcome.

Switzerland does hold many, but this results in shorter campaigns, less entrenched views and a more mature response to losing. Looking at the results for the last ten years in that country most are settled 60-40 or greater. A number of issues, tax, family income, have been raised in different forms many times, so ongoing results inform policy development going forward. None of the issues are as wholesale or wide-ranging as a black/white question of leaving the EU.

12-01-2019, 19:03	#6232
jfman Architect of Ideas Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 11,146	Re: Brexit It’s all rather depressing. Referenda aren’t really helpful where they aren’t clearly won or lost by decisive majorities. The division in the country is huge and is unlikely to be healed regardless of the outcome. Switzerland does hold many, but this results in shorter campaigns, less entrenched views and a more mature response to losing. Looking at the results for the last ten years in that country most are settled 60-40 or greater. A number of issues, tax, family income, have been raised in different forms many times, so ongoing results inform policy development going forward. None of the issues are as wholesale or wide-ranging as a black/white question of leaving the EU.