Quotes About Referendum

The ability to control our borders stands at the heart of the debate on whether or not Britain should leave the European Union.

É da natureza dos regimes plebiscitários que sejam realizados plebiscitos até a população acertar a resposta que o líder ou a elite bem-pensante tem por correta; nesse caso, nenhum plebiscito ulterior se faz necessário – ao menos acerca do mesmo tema.

Lucy understood it now. The referendum was giving groups of people who didn't like each other, or at least failed to comprehend each other, an opportunity to fight.

He thinks that if we leave the E.U. he's going to be earning a lot more.

It was April, so the referendum was still weeks away. He was probably going to vote to leave, like his dad, but he couldn't see that it would make much difference to his life one way or the other. There'd still be meat, leisure centres, kids, football.

The United Kingdom is nearing its end.

The difference between a referendum and a plebiscite is a fine one. Both pertain to collective decisions made by the direct vote of all qualified adults. The referendum, which derives from Swiss practice, involves an issue that is provisionally determined in advance, but that is then 'referred' for a final decision by the whole electorate. This

I have absolutely no doubts that the best for the U.K. is to stay in the European Union.

Like millions of Scots, I've agonised over whether to go for independence or remain with the Union.

What's a fact is that we give more than £350 million to the European Union and hand over control of that money to the European Union every week.

A U.K. vote to exit the European Union could have significant economic repercussions.

The people have already determined Chechnya's status at the referendum - it is a unit of the Russian Federation. Its political status is not to be discussed any more.

Putting a credible form of Brexit to the people and offering Remain as an alternative will give Labour the chance to unite as a party.

The decision of a majority of people in the United Kingdom to vote to leave the European Union is profoundly disappointing.

I believe the vote for Brexit was the greatest ever vote of confidence in the project of the United Kingdom.

Drafting a constitution is only the first step. The constitution has to be granted legitimacy by open discussion and a fair, representative referendum.

However, I must say that I am very happy to see that we have such a positive result for our first referendum in our history and that gives me more confidence in Taiwan's democracy.

The key to stopping the hard-right nationalist forces poised to pounce on Brexit isn't going to be finessing a reprieve for the status quo. It's about actively creating consent for meaningful change, and expanding democratic participation beyond a second referendum.

What was also clear, if you look at the past, is that people here, as in the rest of Ukraine, are always "for" something, because they want their future to be better than their past. In recent history too, supporters of one side or another always point to a referendum in which people have voted for something they approved of, and then ignore the ones where they have voted for something they do not want.

That November, German authorities held parliamentary elections (without opposition) and a referendum (on an issue where the "correct" answer was known) to confirm the new order. Some German Jews voted as the Nazi leaders wanted them to in the hope that this gesture of loyalty would bind the new system to them. That was a vain hope.

Ever since David Cameron took it on himself to prise open Pandora's box and call the E.U. referendum, the only thing that's been predictable has been the utter unpredictability of what has followed.

As a strong believer that Brexit is a very damaging mistake that becomes more obvious every day, I see sound democratic reasons for asking the electorate to confirm what it wants to do.

I was strongly against Brexit. I speechified against Brexit.

Some MPs, some very senior civil servants and others, are basically conspiring - and I use the word deliberately - in order to try and prevent us from leaving the E.U. They have never accepted the verdict of the British people in the referendum.