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The practice of capital pushiment was stopped before we even joined the European Communities in 1974. So, if that’s your cornerstone argument in the debate over Parliamentary sovereignty. You get a big fat F for fail and you take the loss on this one. Next?

Another red herring to add to your collection. The last instance of capital punishment for murder was in 1964 and outlawed by the Wilson Government in 1965, the only exception being for treason, the last execution for high-treason was in 1946. In practice, the law was defunct. The Crime and...

Now you've resorted to deliberately misrepresenting my views and arguments because you simply don't understand my arguments.

Highlight where I've used the word 'directive' once.

Given that we stand to lose more from a no deal Brexit, it's also probably on us to be a bit more flexible too...

You’re going to have to do better than sending links because you don’t actually understand the content fully. Well, it is true, because no one so far can provide an example where the EU can actually stop Parliament passing legislation, because it cannot. You’re confusing influence and power...

Capital punishment for murder was abolished in 1965, and the last people to be hanged for murder was in 1964. This remained unused until Britain signed up to the European Convention on Human Rights. Either way, the Human Rights Act 1998 was an Act of Parliament passed by the UK Parliament and...

Where’s the broad statement? My argument is pretty clear. If you understand the concept Parliamentary sovereignty, my argument would be clear. What that means is that the legislative body has absolute sovereignty over all other branches in Government. In the USA, for example, the Supreme Court...

Where’s the broad statement? My argument is pretty clear. If you understand the concept Parliamentary sovereignty, my argument would be clear. What that means is that the legislative body has absolute sovereignty over all other branches in Government. In the USA, for example, the Supreme Court...

Cognitive dissonance at its finest. I didn’t say EU law and legislation was not legally binding. You’ve moved the goal posts. The debate isn’t whether or not the EU’s laws are binding, the question is can the UK make it’s own laws that contradict the EU’s. The answer to that is yes, it can...

You’re fundamentally wrong here. I’m going to teach you how to piss in a pot. This is the process of how laws are made in the UK: Bills are introduced, there’s 3 readings before it’s put to a vote. If there’s a majority in the Commons, it goes to the Lords and if both houses approve, it’s sent...

Good, I’m glad my arguments are clear! I do want a second referendum, and I want a Labour government. In my first contribution to this thread (12th Dec) I said ‘this is going to have to be settled at the ballot box again’ and ‘it’s doubtful that any agreement will be passed in Parliament’...

I’m the ignorant one, yet you didn’t know that Parliamentary legislation became law after it was passed. With respect, that’s something 16-17 year old ‘children’ get taught in week one of a Government & Politics A-Level, possibly even younger if they studied it at GCSE. Ignorance is not...

Sure thing, just a measly 40% of the electorate voted for the party those three represent.

May could once be described as ‘resolute’ in character. Now, she’s just damn right subborn and this is going to cost her dearly. Irony is a bastard and May’s commitment to her ‘red lines’ is probably going to cost her delivering Brexit.

You really need to look up the words ‘Stalinist’ and ‘despot’ in the Oxford dictionary.

Actually, I said from the beginning that a second referendum will be the outcome of this Parliamentary deadlock. This is starting to become a consensus with William Hague coming out and stating he believes this happen too. No deal looks like it will pass, no deal is looking like it will be...

Nonsense. You’re the one defending your MP saying he was pushed out of the Labour Party. That is a lie. He resigned the whip because he was being investigated for an alleged sexual harassment of a colleague.

It used to be a safe seat, but he only won by 200-odd votes in 2017 and came close to losing in 2015 too. To me, his actions suggest he believed he would lose for whatever reason. But, my stance is that John Woodcock MP is innocent until proven guilty. There had been many people across the...

The claim of it being directed against Corbyn's enemies is also fantasy. Kelvin Hopkins a 'lifelong socialist' and even served in the shadow cabinet under Corbyn was also suspended by the party because of allegations of sexual harassment.