It hoped that its referendum would sway this debate by delivering a decisive public rejection of change.
But the Catalan government says it plans to announce the date of its referendum, and the question it will put to Catalan voters, before the end of this year.
Moreover, the BBC's obsessive quest to appear impartial in its referendum coverage meant that it ended up propagating a jetsam of mistruths about the impacts of Brexit.
The BBC has already faced sustained criticism over its referendum coverage, with complaints that it was guilty of a pro-union bias, rejected by the BBC, and had failed to devote enough resources and airtime to the issue.
It would be a surprise if Scotland votes for independence from the United Kingdom in its referendum in September—but if it does, shockwaves will be felt as far away as Catalonia and Quebec.Three sorts of economic shift will be visible.
The commission had found Leave.EU guilty of not declaring work done by its referendum strategist, Goddard Gunster, but said it had found no evidence of work done by Cambridge Analytica.
At this particular juncture the society is thinking more deeply about its future options and it is split right down the middle about its referendum vote in favour of the Islamic republic in 1979.
It was quick to recognise oil-rich South Sudan when it seceded in July, having sent observers to monitor its referendum on independence.China will remain extremely cautious, however.
It has now emerged that the SNP wants to time its referendum on Scottish independence for 2014, to coincide with the 700th anniversary of that victory – something the British government is strongly opposed to.
The Danish government lost its referendum to join the euro last September even though it started with a lead among voters and commanded general support from business and the media.
In its referendum question, Ipsos MORI found more support for "Remain" when it asked the actual question that will be on the ballot paper (a 26-point lead), than when it asked the question it has asked in the past, "stay in" or "get out" (a 17-point lead for "stay in").
