{"id":43149,"date":"2018-09-24T08:32:54","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T07:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=43149"},"modified":"2018-09-24T08:32:54","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T07:32:54","slug":"a-new-referendum-is-possible-now-what-is-the-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2018\/09\/24\/a-new-referendum-is-possible-now-what-is-the-question\/","title":{"rendered":"A new referendum is possible: now what is the question?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theweek.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Week<\/a> says in an email this morning:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Even a few months ago, the idea of a new Brexit referendum would have seemed implausible, but as party conference season gets into full swing, the notion is beginning to look less far-fetched.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I agree.<\/p>\n<p>But that poses the obvious follow-on: so what is the question? Last time the referendum\u00a0question was itself disastrous.<\/p>\n<p>Can we make the mistake of a binary question again? If so, what would\u00a0it be?<\/p>\n<p>And if multiple options are permitted, what might they be?<\/p>\n<p>My preference is a three-part\u00a0question, something like this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Should we:<\/p>\n<p>a) Stay in the European Union?<\/p>\n<p>b) Leave the European\u00a0Union but maintain\u00a0a close working and economic relationship with it?<\/p>\n<p>c) Break our formal ties with the European Union?<\/p>\n<p>Please pick one option.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As The Week says in an email this morning: Even a few months ago, the idea of a new Brexit referendum would have seemed implausible,<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2018\/09\/24\/a-new-referendum-is-possible-now-what-is-the-question\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}