If Britain practiced direct democracy then anything over 50%.
But remember that we're talking about a petition here; the rules are that if only 100,000 people sign (i.e. not a percentage of the electorate) then parliament must debate it, that's all. If parliament decides to hold another referendum in that debate then we'll be back to square one.
My gripe is that leaving the EU or remaining will have such a large impact on the country for such a long time that it would have been better for the referendum to have required a supermajority. Two thirds sounds about right to me.
Then again, what do I know? After all I'm just one of those kooks who think voting should be compulsory.
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jonbob loves you, Sun 26 Jun 2016, 18:55,
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