Direct Democracy

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Features of a democracy?

-Free and fair elections = legitimate government

-Free and independent media

-Constituency and independent judiciary = legal limits of govt.

-Govt. accountable to the people

-Popular sovereignty

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Example of voter apathy?

2011 AV referendum had a 41% turnout

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Example of a tyranny of the majority?

2016 EU referendum had a 4.8% difference

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Example of successful petitions?

• 1996 Snowdrop Campaign with 750K signatures after the Dunblade Massacre

• 2016: A 38 degrees petition against privatising the land registry with 320K+ signatures

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Example of unsuccessful petition?

2019: Revoke Article 50 with 6M+ signatures

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Why can governments ignore petitions?

• Defying referendums = undemocratic

• Strength of government

• Unaligned with government