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It's easy to be right about something when you're quite vague. Article 50 would probably have to extend even had May's deal passed in Parliament because further legislation has to be passed through Parliament and there are so many days to do this before 29th March. Decent summary: Brexit: Are...

You really have a siege mentality, don’t you?

As things stand, we’ll be gone by then. Assuming Article 50 was extended and we stood candidates in the European Elections. I’d expect next to no-one to come out and vote. So a Brexit Party could do well in European elections, maybe the Lib Dem’s might get a few protest votes too. UKIP did win...

Could a Brexit party get 37%? In short, no. Our electoral system disproportionately favours Labour and Conservative and each party has at least 100 seats each that are safe seats. UKIP failed to get a single seat in an election where they got 15% of the popular vote.

Our problem isn’t just our strikers, we have about 3 strikers who are scoring 1 in 4. The strikers have 22 goals between them, which isn’t bad. We just don’t have any goals elsewhere in the team. Thomas is a fantastic player, but he’s another one who’s missed his fair share of chances, he should...

Where’s the obvious opportunity we’ll get promoted? We’re some way off 6th. A genuine question, have we actually been 6th at any point this season at the end of a match day? I don’t seem to recall. The optimist in me thinks we’re quite similar to Portsmouth last season, who won 20, lost 20. If...

Absolutely. What the party needs is someone quite close to Corbyn policy-wise, minus the baggage. Gove’s inaccurate diatribes couldn’t be levelled against an ex-veteran of our armed forces like Clive Lewis. He would be my personal preference to the leadership and I’m not overly keen on some of...

You do know that in the UK, the legislation Parliament passes becomes law? Given your high-handedness and condescension, that would be hilarious!

The German railway system is publicly owned, and would constitute a monopoly by EU law. The EU aren’t going to turn around to Germany and demand they break up their publicly owned industry. The same applies to France. Britain still owns most of the railway system, the infrastructure belongs to...

I’ve answered that. Yes, Parliament could pass an Act of Parliament tomorrow if there was a majority. The EU couldn’t stop Hungary from passing legislation that breached it’s charter of human rights. It’s opened ‘legal proceedings’, but to answer your question... the UK doesn’t need EU consent...

You’ve misrepresented my fundamental point of Parliament having the power to nationalise an industry or company. It’s not a party political point at all. Does the UK Parliament have the power to enact these policies? Yes. Does the EU possess a mechanism to block an Act of Parliament? No.

Look at the Labour manifesto of 2017, that will provide the information you seek. Labour attempted to cost its policies, and the Tories spent more time producing documents ‘debunking’ these costing than costing their own manifesto. Managed to find £10bn for DUP support though. Instead of trying...

No, I’ve explained how Parliament works constitutionally and you’ve failed to make any kind of rebuttal. You’ve made the claim that Parliament can’t do ‘x, y and z’ without EU approval and that is factually wrong. Provide ONE example (or more of you’re up to it) where the EU has blocked an Act...

All the best to you and your family, and I hope the old dear makes a full recovery! I’ve never questioned the bias of YouGov, so I’ll assume that’s not directed at me. When it came to general polling, YouGov was the only outlier which polled a decisive lead for the Tories — most of the others...

You asked if Parliament could do that, I answered. The Human Rights Act can be repealed by Parliament if there was a majority. In fact, that’s what the Government plans to do post-Brexit and pass our own British Bill of Rights. You’ve unknowingly just proven my point. You talk of red herrings...

Abolished in 1993.

What part of Parliament can pass any legislation it wants are you not getting? In short, yes. Would there be implications for doing that? Probably. It’s a nonsense argument because it’s not being proposed by anyone serious in any major party.

Yes, because the EU cannot stop Parliament from passing legislation. The EU says nothing about the NHS and the UK's nationalised healthcare. Linking this point to your We've voted to leave the EU, so why are you concerned about how people view nationalisation and EU membership? As things...

Typical juvenile mudslinging -- I'll take it as a compliment. Firstly, the example I gave contained banks, shipyards as well as railways. Legally, Parliament can pass legislation to nationalise anything and the EU cannot physically stop that. The UK doesn't send an application to the EU to...

That’s not really a relevant point but I’ll indulge you anyway. France and Germany (plus, most EU members) have nationalised railways, so being in the EU doesn’t affect the countries ability to nationalise industries. It didn’t stop Britain nationalising certain banks, and didn’t stop France...