Sentence examples for referendum from inspiring English sources

A Labour source said that, given teenagers have a "tremendous vested interest in whether or not we stay in the EU or leave", there could be a strong appetite for amending the EU referendum bill in the Lords, even if Labour and the SNP fail to recruit the relatively small number of Tory rebels they would need to defeat the government in the Commons.

A successful referendum requires a double majority – a national yes vote, and affirmation in the majority of the states.

"It is in our vital national interest that we avoid the fatal mistake that would be a no vote if a referendum is held in the next few years".

"Best practice from the independence referendum must be followed – and that includes extending the vote in an EU referendum to 16- and 17-year-olds across the UK.

But as with work done prior to the Scottish referendum, we will disclose the details of such work at the appropriate time.

Reacting to the prospect of a referendum, Dijsselbloem said Greece did not have the time to conduct a plebiscite.

The proposal is put to California voters as a referendum on 6 November.

The Scottish referendum, coupled with the Smith commission on implementing its devolution concessions in Scotland, may have put the constitution on the agenda – even so, Whitehall fought Osborne down to the wire.

Nick Clegg, who has been briefed by the prime minister on the speech, will reject Cameron's pledge to hold a referendum by 2017 on the grounds that it is wrong to commit Britain to such a specific timetable when there is uncertainty over whether negotiations will take place.

They've been watching the SNP's phenomenal surge since the Scottish referendum defeat last September.

From a family of lifelong Labour supporters, she emerged as a nationalist during last year's referendum campaign, giving up her job in the Pizza Mario chip shop to concentrate on politics.