Zusammenfassung der Ressource
How do referendums
undermine elected
institutions?
- Only Parliament can give consent for a referendum to be held
- Parliament decides upon the question
- Therefore Parliament is in control
- We elect our MP's to represent the people
- They are suppossed to make decisions on our behalf, that is their job.
- The fact that a referendum gives
the people a choice undermines the
position of MP's
- BUT it is the MP's in Parliament who
make the decision to hold a referendum