'Those who are howling about it should check what nationalists have been saying about this for the last number of years, and should also check the historical record of what was done in previous referenda.'
DUP MP Ian Paisley has denied his Westminster bid to require a "super-majority" in future UK referendums is "changing the goalposts" for a border poll on a united Ireland.
The bill has been dismissed as a "stunt" by the Alliance Party and the SDLP, while Sinn Fein accused the DUP of "having trouble respecting democracy". "Because our law also calls for consent, and to have consent means therefore that you have to have overwhelming support, just not a simple majority of 50% plus one.""It's about saying that if there is going to be a referenda in Scotland or in Northern Ireland that Parliament should debate this and should importantly set the parameters and the mechanism of what should be in place.
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