Lootman wrote:Spet0789 wrote:Given the British electorate’s track record at weighing complex questions with both short- and long- term implications and reducing them to black / white, I think this is perhaps better not put to the people.
Depends on your political outlook. I happen to think that the voters got all three of the recent referenda right.
And of course every 5 years the voters choose the next government, which is also a "complex question". In my experience they usually get that right as well.
Maybe my views are closer to the average voter than yours?
Your views probably are closer to the average than mine. It’s nothing to boast about. I’d rather be right than wrong in a crowd.
Referendum is a gerund by the way, not a noun. The plural is referendums not referenda. Perhaps we should put that to a vote by the public. They might get that wrong too!