One thing we may see happening more often in UK politics has long been a feature in Irish politics where referendums are constitutionally de rigueur, and that is the problem of what happens when the contagious politics of the big idea meets small politics of administration.

Professor Paul Cairney of Stirling University puts his finger on a particular open sore when it comes to the proposals, by channeling a nameless, everyman politician (those of you who don’t like well researched hyperlinked text, look away now)…

Of course, not everyone thinks that referendums themselves are ‘a good thing’…

