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Referendums (Not that one!)

I would certainly like a local referendum on the proposed local government reorganisation in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Nottingham City Council is a unitary authority and a basket case. Bankrupt and currently has government appointed commissioners running it. The city council are proposing to annex parts or all of the adjacent borough councils. The borough council where I live covers most (all?) of Ken Clarke's former constituency - and is conservative. It has managed to keep a balanced budget and has low council tax increase. Needless to say, the city council is labour. Neither Rushcliffe BC nor Notts CC are in favour of an expanded city council - and neither am I. A referendum on the choices, including the status quo, might be helpful - but like that other referendum we might end up with a result we don't like! Perhaps constitutional changes should require a majority of those eligible to vote - or mandatory voting.
 
EEPhil said:
mandatory voting
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That's not good. It's a democratic right not to vote.

What's needed is more (or any!) education in civics. I don't think Joe Public realise the connection between politics and economy, services, etc etc. It's lost the immediacy of a meeting of elders deciding what to club together to provide for the village and how to raise the money to pay for it.
 
Black Hole said:
That's not good. It's a democratic right not to vote.
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Agreed. But those who don't vote should have their abstention counted not ignored. I'm not sure a simple majority of those who voted (either in an election or a parliamentary vote) accurately reflects "the view of the British people" (I hate that expression!).
 
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