On Mon, 08 Jun 2015 13:23:27 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Strange the way the Tories want a clear majority of all when it comes to
strike action. But not for parliamentiary elections.

They aren't exactly comparable.

A clear majority in a yes/no referendum? Absolutely. That's comparable -
but only just over 40% of the electorate bothered to vote in the last
referendum, so even if it'd been 100% "Yes", it wouldn't have met that
test.