2. What is a referendum? 关于公投 A referendum is basically a vote in which everyone (or nearly everyone) of voting age can take part, normally giving a "Yes" or "No" answer to a question. Whichever side gets more than...
BREXIT: The latest poll results show just how close the referendum will beCharles Clark
If Boris Johnson wins, the government will honor the results of the 2016 referendum and extricate the United Kingdom from the European Union. If the other parties win enough seats to block a Tory majority, they almost certainly will undo Brexit, presumably by setting up a rigged second referen...
After the referendum results, he resigned. To avoid leaving the EU without a deal (known as “hard Brexit” or “no-deal Brexit”), the government provided an extension twice to create time for negotiations. A deal with the EU is important. No country has ever left the EU before, so ...
United Kingdom - The “Brexit” referendum: On December 2, 2015, in the wake of the attacks by Islamist terrorists in Paris on November 13, the House of Commons authorized air strikes by the British military on ISIL targets in Syria. The vote on the meas
Not one Scottish local area voted to leave the EU, according to the U.K.’s Electoral Commission, though Moray came close at 49.9%. The country as a whole rejected the referendum by 62.0% to 38.0%.62 But because Scotland only contains 8.4% of the U.K.’s population, its vote to Re...
Pinsent Masons has been recognised as a thought leader in the area of Brexit. We were the only firm outside the Magic Circle invited to two Treasury sessions on the impact of Brexit. The solution Ahead of the Brexit referendum Pinsent Masons appointed former secretary of state for international...
Although somewhat unrelated to the topic of this article, I felt I had to mention the referendum results of Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales, and how they might impact a London exit from the UK. Since Scotland will undoubtedly be holding a second referendum on their membership of the UK...
The Brexit referendum results have just been published and the majority of voters decided that it would be better if Britain left the European Union. Although the decision already started a wave of negative effects over Britain and, to a lower extent, the EU itself, with the pound crashing, ...
The referendum results reflects the desire of many voters to have both, if possible, and shouldn't be interpreted otherwise. Has your own view on this changed in the past two years. If so, how? I've never been in favour of a united Ireland and that hasn't changed over the last two...