I don't think we should have referendums on issues like these at all lol. We elect representatives to pass policy and reform, letting the general public vote on huge sweeping decisions is bad. If people care, they can contact their local MPs and encourage them to vote the way they want.

If there was a PR referendum that was held on the basis it needed 60% to pass and the vote was 52/48, I would be annnoyed obviously, but I wouldn't be "outraged". Those would be the rules, a set of rules I respect, so I'd be okay with it and advocate policy change elsewhere.

It's easy to knock down opponents when you build them out of straw. David Cameron should have never held a referendum on something so important based on a simple majority. I firmly believe this for all referendums - they shouldn't happen, but if they're going to happen, we should make damn sure that a vast majority of the country actually wants this change. Letting 52% of people decide the fates of 100%, including 48% who want the exact opposite is mad to me.