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The people of Britain and Northern Ireland shall have the right to call a referendum on a public issue by collecting a previously agreed number of signatures, and the right to put forward a public proposal by citizens' initiative.
Background
Our right to call a referendum, to propose, change, and veto laws.
We the people of Britain currently do NOT have the right to call a referendum on an important matter of public concern. A referendum may be organised by the government but the result is not legally binding, only advisory. The reform proposed here is to establish the right of citizens to introduce their own proposals or laws to be put to binding referendum, and the right of the electorate to veto laws passed by parliament or council. Using the citizens' initiative a law proposal can be put before parliament, if rejected there it will go to referendum of the people. An agreed number of supporting signatures must be collected to start these procedures. This type of "direct democracy", side by side with "representative democracy", is already well tried in Switzerland, many states of the USA and elsewhere. The reforms are proposed for all levels of government from parish, to city to country. Further information may be obtained from Citizens' Initiative and Referendum I&R http://www.iniref.org/ or from [email protected]
In the ballot below, you are asked to show your support for the introduction of citizens' direct democracy in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. We invite you to help by collecting signatures yourself. Ballot papers may be printed from our web site. Spread the word about this ballot e.g. by mailing from here!
Results will be published online and made available to mass media. Addresses (postal, e-mail) will *not* be published in order to avoid unwanted communications and advertising.
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December 7, 2020
The feedback I am getting shows that people are tired of having no control over the laws that govern their lives. Send the link to three friends today and post it to your Facebook feed so we can hold the government accountable for our lack of direct power.
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its about time we had a real say in how this country is run. sick of politicians doing whatever they want once they get into power.
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Ballot Proposal
The people of Britain and Northern Ireland shall have the right to call a referendum on a public issue by collecting a previously agreed number of signatures, and the right to put forward a public proposal by citizens' initiative.
Background
Our right to call a referendum, to propose, change, and veto laws.
We the people of Britain currently do NOT have the right to call a referendum on an important matter of public concern. A referendum may be organised by the government but the result is not legally binding, only advisory. The reform proposed here is to establish the right of citizens to introduce their own proposals or laws to be put to binding referendum, and the right of the electorate to veto laws passed by parliament or council. Using the citizens' initiative a law proposal can be put before parliament, if rejected there it will go to referendum of the people. An agreed number of supporting signatures must be collected to start these procedures. This type of "direct democracy", side by side with "representative democracy", is already well tried in Switzerland, many states of the USA and elsewhere. The reforms are proposed for all levels of government from parish, to city to country. Further information may be obtained from Citizens' Initiative and Referendum I&R http://www.iniref.org/ or from [email protected]
In the ballot below, you are asked to show your support for the introduction of citizens' direct democracy in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. We invite you to help by collecting signatures yourself. Ballot papers may be printed from our web site. Spread the word about this ballot e.g. by mailing from here!
Results will be published online and made available to mass media. Addresses (postal, e-mail) will *not* be published in order to avoid unwanted communications and advertising.
BALLOT FOR DIRECT DEMOCRACY IN BRITAIN -- UK RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS sign below,
note our petition password: ddnow
Updates
December 7, 2020
The feedback I am getting shows that people are tired of having no control over the laws that govern their lives. Send the link to three friends today and post it to your Facebook feed so we can hold the government accountable for our lack of direct power.
2 Comments
FINALLY. We need more control over the decisions affecting our daily lives. Why should they have all the power when it is our country too?
its about time we had a real say in how this country is run. sick of politicians doing whatever they want once they get into power.
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FINALLY. We need more control over the decisions affecting our daily lives. Why should they have all the power when it is our country too?