Sentence examples for knocking a referendum from inspiring English sources
When candidates come knocking, a referendum to repeal the eighth amendment must be their first and firmest promise.
And if Britain tried to meddle with legislation close to the parliament's heart, such as in-work benefits for EU citizens, then its president Martin Schulz may insist on calling for a convention – which, at worst, could knock a referendum as far back as 2018.
Miliband denied that his plans were unclear after the FT reported that he was knocking down an early referendum while the Daily Mirror said he was holding out the prospect of a vote.
But Ireland was again legally obliged to hold a referendum, and in June 2008 voters once again gave constitutional architects the knock-back, rejecting the treaty by a margin of almost seven percentage points.
Who is to say whether ad hoc fixes, to boost the Tories and knock Labour down by a few points, will improve things, or make them worse, in the very different context of a referendum that cuts across party lines?
California had a referendum.
Why is there a referendum?
That might require a referendum.
It is a retrenchment, not a referendum".
