Residents of Piddington in Oxfordshire, England, are set to hold a referendum on seceding from the United Kingdom in response to government plans to transplant over 1,200 asylum seekers to a nearby camp.
Residents of Piddington in Oxfordshire, England, are set to hold a referendum on seceding from the United Kingdom in response to government plans to transplant over 1,200 asylum seekers to a nearby camp. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The village of Piddington in Oxfordshire, England, plans to hold a referendum on declaring independence from the United Kingdom, protesting the Home Office’s decision to house over 1,200 asylum seekers at a nearby former army barracks. DETAIL: The Home Office, roughly equivalent to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, intends to convert the nearby Bicester Garrison into a camp for asylum seekers, part of a broader strategy to cease using hotels for this purpose. The village’s decision to hold a…Open
Several states have ballot measures this year that could raise the thresholds needed to pass state constitutional amendments. Many advocates are critical of such limits on direct democracy.
Frustrated by the appointed court’s support of abortion rights, which has been affirmed resoundingly by voters, Republicans are pushing an Aug. 4 referendum to elect Kansas justices.
The Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry, the biggest business lobby group in the United Kingdom, has confirmed its members' opposition to another referendum on British membership of the European Union (EU).
Exactly ten years since Britain voted to leave the European Union, the Confederation of British Industry has made it clear that the British business community does not support re-joining the bloc. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the biggest business lobby group in the United Kingdom and a major supporter of the campaign against Brexit in 2016, has confirmed its members’ opposition to another referendum on British membership of the European Union (EU). DETAIL: Rain Newton-Smith, Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), stated that British businesses do not support reversing Brexit or re-joining the European Union. “Businesses aren’t looking to…Open
A possible referendum in Oregon on animal rights would end fishing, hunting, even pest control, just when Democrats are trying really hard not to be seen as “weirdos again.”
Nearly 55% of voters in Switzerland rejected an initiative championed by the top right-wing party to cap the rich Alpine country's population at 10 million, early results showed.
The Canadian prime minister, who was the governor of the Bank of England when Britain voted to leave the European Union, said the Alberta referendum on separating from Canada could backfire.
Campaign finance reports filed Thursday cover activity from April 11 through May 14 tied to the referendum campaign, according to filings posted through the Virginia Public Access Project.