Scotland’s Future: from the Referendum to Independence and a Written Constitution Scotland’s Future: from the Referendum to Independence and a Written Constitution Contents Foreword by the Deputy First Minister 1. A Written Constitution for Scotland 2. A Constitutional Platform for Independence 2 5 10 1 Scotland’s Future: from the Referendum to Independence and a Written Constitution Foreword by the Deputy First Minister The Scottish Government has an ambitious vision of the
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use of referendums‚ compulsory voting‚ Digital democracy and finally‚ lowering the voting age. Obviously‚ all of the listed ideas have advantages and disadvantages and this is what I will explain in this essay. The first way in which the UK democracy participation can be strengthened is increasing the use of referendums. A referendum is asking a political question to those eligible to vote e.g. the AV (alternative vote) referendum in 2010. An advantage of an increased use in referendums would be
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To what extent are Referenda Harmful in a Representative Democracy? Referendums are very harmful to a Representative Democracy. They undermine Parliamentary Sovereignty‚ allow our politicians to abdicate responsibility for major political decisions‚ prevent them from exercising their informed judgements‚ and can be manipulated by Governments. This is to say nothing of the premise of allowing important decisions to be made by an uninformed electorate that can be swayed by the Media Industry at
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The referendum was however defeated with 1‚087‚557 in favour and 1‚160‚033 against. Following this there was another referendum in 1917 because Britain wanted a sixth Australian division for active service. Unlike the previous referendum in 1916 Britain now wanted Australian to to provide 7000 men per month to meet their request. As like the previous referendum they continued to lag in recruitment and on the 20 of December 1917 Prime Minister Hughes put a another referendum to the people
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Spain gets from Catalonia. On the other hand‚ the central government is willing to grant Scotland independence. Scotland too has made several efforts towards its sovereignty. Currently‚ the region is looking forward to holding another independence referendum. A region cannot develop if they lack the liberty to govern themselves and have their voices heard‚ this is what the parts of Catalonia and Scotland need. In November 2014‚ 80% of the Catalan nationalists who participated in an
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huge benefits to Scotland  By Nicole Kingsley Contents Background and history to the Independence Referendum Pro-Independence political parties Arguments in favour of Independence Pro-Union political parties Arguments in favour of the UK union Against Scottish independence Overall conclusion Background and history to the Independence Referendum Scotland was an independent country until 1707‚ when Scotland‚ England and Wales united to become Great Britain
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For example a very important referendum just happened last June in the United Kingdom‚ known as Brexit. Brexit was an idea that was proposed by United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister‚ David Cameron. Cameron proposed before the referendum happened that if he was re elected to serve as prime minister for the UK he would have a nationwide referendum in regards to leaving the European Union. After the referendum results had been collective it displayed that 52% of the citizens
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‘The major UK parties agree more over Europe than they disagree.’ Discuss Throughout the history of European integration‚ the major UK parties have debated on all different aspects of Europe and the impacts of membership on Britain itself. From both these debates and party policies‚ it is clear to see that whilst there is generally a consensus over Europe‚ some issues have been a cause of disagreement among the major parties. In this essay I will analyse the policies and actions of the major UK
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the firm plans to build and sell a complex of luxury condominiums. However‚a complicatingfactor is that the property is currently zoned for single-family residences only. Glenn believes that a referendum could be placed on the voting ballot in time for the November election. Passage of the referendum would change the zoning of the property and permit construction of the condominiums. The sealed-bid procedure requires the bid to be submitted with a certified check for 10% of the amount bid.
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they will support a bond referendum to increase taxes for the school.
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