Submitted on Monday 10th May 2021
Rejected on Monday 17th May 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Binding referendums must be supported by 2/3 of voters or 1/2 the electorate
The PM is afraid that a referendum for Scotland would show a slight majority for independence. By making referendums binding as proposed the PM will avoid the break-up of the Union (unless it gets the 2/3rds or the 1/2) but can still allow a new referendum.
Brexit was triggered by only 1/3 of the UK voting population. This should not have been binding (in fact it was 'advisory' but somehow got enacted nevertheless) . For referendums to be binding there should be a significant majority - either 2/3rds of those who actually vote or more than half of the total electorate.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Legislate for a 60% threshold as the success criteria for all future referendums: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/585406
Allow a second referendum on Scottish Independence with specific qualifications: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/585407
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