Direct democracy + Referendum

What is direct democracy

An instance where citizens vote on specific issue to produce a political decision ( without representatives being involved)

Referendums

Held on specific constitutional issues - those that will affect the political fabric of the UK.They are not held on moral issues like gay marriage,abortion, etc or more general policy issues like tax rates.

Since 2010 what referendums have been held on

Recall of MPs Act

Name 3 Case studies for recall of MPs

Citizen Assemblies + example

Reasons for referendums + examples

List all arguments for use of referendum

use of referendum - elective dictatorship + politics, education , supervised process

Arguments against use of referendums

Arguments against the use of referendums- risk of skewed decisions + risk of low engagement + risk of improper influence .