Matt Qvortrup

Journalist

[Matt Qvortrup @drqvortrup]

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[Matt Qvortrup @drqvortrup]

#Referendums have been captured by the very #elites they were meant to keep in check, I write in my new @Elgar_Politics book 'Understanding Referendums'. Here is a blog I wrote for my publisher Edward Elgar https://t.co/Y0TOw6CWfe… @joemmathews @democracy_intl @silvano_moeckli

[Matt Qvortrup @drqvortrup]

Farewell Brian - you were a giant and a genius. RIP Brian Wilson, co-creator of iconic 1960s band the Beach Boys, has died aged 82
https://t.co/JDzNIDPhPp #BrianwilsonRIP #BeachBoys #BrianWilson

[Matt Qvortrup @drqvortrup]

Why more #referendums are a good idea - but only if the people control them. With @PeterKellner1 & @VaughanRoderick
on @BBCWales about my @Elgar_Politics book Understanding Referendums
https://t.co/2KkgA5XUqD @silvano_moeckli @democracy_intl @joemmathews @kaufmannbruno

[Matt Qvortrup @drqvortrup]

@GrahamSmith_ @Elgar_Politics @ZachElkins93 @democracy_intl @DirectDemosUK @CDPB_NI @democracynow @openDemocracy @kaufmannbruno @DirectDemocraNZ @DIRECTDEMOCRA6Y @Referendum @Elgar_Politics please send a link to @GrahamSmith_

[Matt Qvortrup @drqvortrup]

#Referendum -love them or hate them ? Either way, my @Elgar_Politics
book is available now complete with this endorsement bother great @ZachElkins93 @democracy_intl @DirectDemosUK @CDPB_NI @democracynow @openDemocracy @kaufmannbruno @DirectDemocraNZ @DIRECTDEMOCRA6Y @Referendum

[Elgar Politics @Elgar_Politics]

Do #referendums help #governments or do they protect the #people? @drqvortrup debates this question in his latest publication Understanding Referendums.
➡️https://t.co/ha2PphfUEL
▶️ Watch the video: https://t.co/AY63BRiXZJ

[Matt Qvortrup @drqvortrup]

#Referendum -love them or hate them ? Either way, my @Elgar_Politics
book is available now complete with this endorsement bother great @ZachElkins93 @democracy_intl @DirectDemosUK @CDPB_NI @democracynow @openDemocracy @kaufmannbruno @DirectDemocraNZ @DIRECTDEMOCRA6Y @Referendum

[Matt Qvortrup @drqvortrup]

@somethingrand77 Yes

[Matt Qvortrup @drqvortrup]

Do #referendums help #governments or do they protect the #people? The answer is in my new @Elgar_Politics book Understanding Referendums @DirectDemosUK @democracy_intl @kaufmannbruno @joemmathews @CasMudde @carlbildt @CDPB_NI

[Matt Qvortrup @drqvortrup]

Here's a voucher for my @Elgar_Politics #referendum book for #democracy nerds - please share. The book shows when Referendums are abused by #elites and how the can be reclaimed by the #people @democracy_intl @DirectDemosUK

[Matt Qvortrup @drqvortrup]

#Referendums anyone? Read all about them - the good, the bad, and the ugly in my @Elgar_Politics book Understanding Referendums @DirectDemosUK @democracy_intl @JoDemocracy @joemmathews @juneslater17 @CDPB_NI

[Matt Qvortrup @drqvortrup]

@state_secession @cnm5000 73.9 - if we only include democratic states. It is considerably higher than election turnouts

[Matt Qvortrup @drqvortrup]

@state_secession @cnm5000 Let me check and get the exact calculation from my new @Elgar_Politics book Understanding Referendums which contains the updated number...

[Matt Qvortrup @drqvortrup]

@state_secession @cnm5000 I did?

[Matt Qvortrup @drqvortrup]

@joemmathews @Elgar_Politics @ZachElkins93 @democracy_intl @DirectDemosUK @CDPB_NI @democracynow @openDemocracy @kaufmannbruno @DirectDemocraNZ @DIRECTDEMOCRA6Y @Referendum The word referendum comes from the Latin referre – ‘to refer back’ . Grammatically speaking, as a Latin gerund referendum has no plural, the plural gerundive referenda, meaning ‘things to be referred’, necessarily connotes a plurality of issues, which could be misleading

[Matt Qvortrup @drqvortrup]

@WW3finalboss Yes

[Matt Qvortrup @drqvortrup]

This is interesting and should be a concern for #Israel Many Americans on the right have #UkraineFatigue. Might they also fall out of love with #Netanyahu ?

[Mel @Villgecrazylady]

San Marcos, Texas, a city of just 70,000 people identified that its residents were sending $4.434 million tax dollars to Israel each year so the city council drafted a resolution calling for the reallocation of those funds towards domestic priorities.

So now Greg Abbott is threatening to cut the city off from all future state contracts if it adopts this resolution.

Look at the condescending tone and mockery this so-called fiscal conservative uses when talking about the reallocation.

These politicians have ZERO loyalty to our country. They are total traitors.

[Matt Qvortrup @drqvortrup]

First #Canada, now #Australia Conservatives slayn as the Trump slump is spreading #TrumpSlump #AusVotes2025
https://t.co/36si0tPeSe

[Matt Qvortrup @drqvortrup]

Gracious @PeterDutton_MP is dignified in #defeat. It's a true measure of a man that he can show contrition. I feel for the poor man. Personally devastating. Politics is a cruel contact sport #Respect @AlboMP #auspol #australianelection #AusVotes25 #AustralianElection2025 @abcnews