Question

P3 who held himself the chief Frantise
of the
country
and also held a
refeundum and when​

Answer 1

Answer:

Referendums in the United Kingdom

are occasionally held at a national, regional or local level. National referendums can be permitted by an

Act of Parliament

parliamentary sovereignty

meaning that they cannot be constitutionally binding on either the

but by tradition are extremely rare due to the ancient principle of

, although they usually have a persuasive political effect and are regulated through the

which also regulates all local and national referendums within

Scotland

all local and national referendums are regulated under the

Referendums (Scotland) Act 2020

Until the latter half of the twentieth century the concept of a referendum was widely seen in British politics as "unconstitutional" and an "alien device". As of 2021, only three national

have been held across the whole of the

and most recently in

Two of these referendums were held on the issue of the

with the first held on the issue of continued membership of what was known at the time as the

European Communities (EC)