Referendums and Representative Democracy
If voters already elect MPs to make decisions for them, why would the UK sometimes ask everyone to vote directly on one question? The answer begins with the difference between representative democracy and direct democracy. In the UK, most political decisions are made through Parliament, but representation does not mean that public influence disappears between elections.
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