... vote on any issues associated with constitutional change. For instance many referendums have been regarding constitional reform such as the devolution of Scotland in 1997. Referendums have been held in the past on debaes which involve discussion on the quality of democracy a country receives. Parties in government such as Labour use referendums to encourage more people to participate and enrol in politics and reinvigorate citzenship. Also referendums are held, when the government feel that they have swayed the public towards a plausible response that coincide with what the government want. Also referendums are used to weaken the opposition and can also unite parties that are split on issues. In that if parties cannot agree on certain topics than a referendum is a coherent solution to this problem as a third source, ie - the public may express their opinions through a referendum in order to unite the parties on these split ...

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