Sentences with phrase «hold a referendum when»

Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show, Nick Clegg said: «My personal priority now should not be endless parliamentary games on Friday afternoons about when you do or don't hold a referendum when we're already got the guarantee about when it will take place.

Not exact matches

When a referendum is held during a general election as it was here, the judge said «the referendum vote count must be related to the total votes cast in the general election.

EU leaders were heavily criticised for being undemocratic when only Ireland held a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, and almost certainly will face similar criticism if they avoid a referendum on a new treaty.

Although these results suggest that several referendums are likely to be held regardless of when a new treaty is signed, EU governments are signalling that they will do their best to avoid them.

Consequently, referendums are more likely to be held when elections are due soon after a new treaty is signed.

Even on Monday of this week, he was proudly promoting business support for his refusal to hold a referendum on membership of the EU — a tactic which rather backfired when some of those quoted distanced themselves from the ad.

However, this policy of holding a referendum on AV appears to be designed to fail, as I pointed out in my blog four months ago when Gordon Brown first suggested it.

Even when referendums have not been held there have been calls for them on a variety of topics: from reforming the House of Lords, to Britain's membership of the EU.

When David Cameron announced his intention to hold an in - or - out referendum, he made it clear that the goal was for the British people to have their say and finish the debate.

My own research, which I wrote about here, suggests that referendums on European integration are held when electoral pressure is high — when European integration is unpopular and elections are drawing near.

My own research, which I've discussed on this blog previously, shows that strategic considerations by governments, designed to maximise electoral success, are a better predictor of when referendums will be held.

By making their growing hostility to the EU clear, week - in - and - week - out, to their MPs, and by selecting more and more candidates who shared that same hostility, they helped push David Cameron into promising a referendum and then deserted him in droves when it was finally held.

At present they are probably voting Labour because they oppose independence, but will that still hold good when politics returns to normal after the referendum?

The death certificate will not be issued for another six months when the referendum on change to the voting system is held, but the No campaign has already prevailed.

Do we believe SNP deputy leader Stewart Hosie when he threatens to hold Labour's budget to ransom in return for a promise on a second referendum?

When the Conservatives lost the 1997 Election, the New Labour government converted the Constitutional Convention's proposals into a White Paper and a referendum of the Scottish people was held on 11 September 1997.

When referendums for Scottish and Welsh devolution were held in March 1979 the Welsh devolution referendum saw a large majority vote against, while the Scottish referendum returned a narrow majority in favour without reaching the required threshold of 40 % support.

This would then be followed by a referendum by the end of 2017 when Britain is due to hold the rotating presidency of the EU.

But not always: which is why, when the legal eagles of the Scotland Office expressed themselves satisfied that the Scottish government couldn't hold any kind of referendum without Westminster's say - so, we waited to hear what Alex Salmond's response was going to be with bated breath.

The situation to - and - fros when you look at how the British people would vote if a referendum on membership were held today, but never with a significant majority voting to leave.

Something similar was done in 1979 when a referendum was held on Scottish devolution.

People in England will say their voting system has been changed by votes north of the border, and that the entire referendum has been rigged so that it is held on a date when turnout would be higher in Scotland.»

It's so different from the 1975 referendum on Britain's continuing membership of the European Economic Community, when party lines held much more firmly.

Norway held its referendum on EU membership in 1994, when it opted to stay out but remain part of the European Economic Area (EEA).

Public authorities, run by his appointees, can borrow with state taxpayers» backing without requiring voter approval, as when the state holds a referendum for a major bond act for transportation or environmental projects.

Ignore for a moment that holding referendums on City Mayors and electing Police Commissioners is, apparently, the right thing to do when the country has a debt problem.

He added: «Whatever one's views on the EU a commitment on the statute book to hold such a referendum in the next parliament would address the very real lack of trust when people hear politicians making promises.»

1) If the Lisbon Treaty has not been ratifed when a Conservative government takes office, a referendum should be held on the Treaty immediately.

Scots will vote for independence when the referendum is held in two years» time, the country's Deputy First Minister is expected to say later.

Unless a county legislature rejects the proposal with a 45 - day reviewing period, it would be put on referendum during elections in November, when Syracuse will also hold a mayoral election.

The question is not if but when a referendum will be held, since there is a growing mood in the country for one.

The Prime Minister David Cameron has said he will campaign with all his heart and soul for Britain to stay in the EU when a referendum is held

The British Prime Minister David Cameron has said he will campaign with all his heart and soul for Britain to stay in the EU when a referendum is held.

When the Conservatives were in opposition, David Cameron made a «cast - iron guarantee» that, should he be elected Prime Minister, he would hold a referendum on any EU Treaty that emerged, as «no treaty should be ratified without consulting the British people in a referendum».

The prime minister said: «When we set off down this track and I said we would renegotiate our membership from a standing start, people said you will never hold that renegotiation, you'll never hold that referendum, you will never get people to agree to the things we want.

Nick Clegg, who has been briefed by the prime minister on the speech, will reject Cameron's pledge to hold a referendum by 2017 on the grounds that it is wrong to commit Britain to such a specific timetable when there is uncertainty over whether negotiations will take place.

One of Neil's first questions was, if AV passes, when Nick expected to hold another referendum on proportional representation (PR).

Given the recent referendums on independence held in Iraqi Kurdistan and Catalonia, who decides when somewhere attains statehood?

The court also found that the association had acted in accordance with its constitution by holding a referendum on public access when it received a petition to do so.