The offer of 'a second referendum' is too vague to elicit a useful response, writes Jennifer Hornsby (Birkbeck, University of London). It is unclear to voters whether the option of staying in the EU would still be on the table, whether such a vote would be a rerun of June 2016, or if they would be voting to accept or reject the final deal. Campaigners for a second referendum therefore need to be clear about what exactly would appear on the ballot paper
In recent weeks, there has been widespread discussion of the possibility of a new referendum later i...
Momentum seems to be building for a people's vote on Brexit. Phil Syrpis (University of Bristol) arg...
Could the outcome of a second Scottish independence referendum depend on the precise wording of the ...
Two years on from the Brexit vote, the benefits of a second referendum are being hotly debated. In t...
Should there be a second referendum on EU membership? For obvious reasons, it is Remainers who are l...
Before and during its party conference the Labour Party may have encouraged confusion on the questio...
Two decades have passed since there was last a serious consideration of how the UK uses referendums....
When people are deciding how to vote in a referendum, do they take their cue from party loyalty or b...
Andrew Blick outlines some of the constitutional issues to which the question of a second EU referen...
A number of things were wrong with the 2016 referendum, including the disenfranchisement of key stak...
Depending on their design, referendums can be bad for democracy, writes Joseph Lacey. He argues that...
Is a second EU referendum a possibility? Andrew Blick (King's College London) outlines some of the c...
For an irreversible change like the break-up of the UK, a one-off bare majority vote is a flawed opt...
In an extract from his new book, Democracy and Its Crisis, AC Grayling (New College of the Humanitie...
Britain has an uncodified constitution. No one is exactly clear – when is it proper for a government...
In recent weeks, there has been widespread discussion of the possibility of a new referendum later i...
Momentum seems to be building for a people's vote on Brexit. Phil Syrpis (University of Bristol) arg...
Could the outcome of a second Scottish independence referendum depend on the precise wording of the ...
Two years on from the Brexit vote, the benefits of a second referendum are being hotly debated. In t...
Should there be a second referendum on EU membership? For obvious reasons, it is Remainers who are l...
Before and during its party conference the Labour Party may have encouraged confusion on the questio...
Two decades have passed since there was last a serious consideration of how the UK uses referendums....
When people are deciding how to vote in a referendum, do they take their cue from party loyalty or b...
Andrew Blick outlines some of the constitutional issues to which the question of a second EU referen...
A number of things were wrong with the 2016 referendum, including the disenfranchisement of key stak...
Depending on their design, referendums can be bad for democracy, writes Joseph Lacey. He argues that...
Is a second EU referendum a possibility? Andrew Blick (King's College London) outlines some of the c...
For an irreversible change like the break-up of the UK, a one-off bare majority vote is a flawed opt...
In an extract from his new book, Democracy and Its Crisis, AC Grayling (New College of the Humanitie...
Britain has an uncodified constitution. No one is exactly clear – when is it proper for a government...
In recent weeks, there has been widespread discussion of the possibility of a new referendum later i...
Momentum seems to be building for a people's vote on Brexit. Phil Syrpis (University of Bristol) arg...
Could the outcome of a second Scottish independence referendum depend on the precise wording of the ...