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I used the examples of The House of Lords and Monarchy as they are issues where fit is much easier to identify their failings than identify alternatives not because I see them as any kind of priority. Regarding the Labour Party I am a member and I agree that the party needs to look very...

A very disparate set of examples; some took power, some used their influence to help ease the transition; some sought election. I am not sure how many just cleared off. I am thankful that there has been no bloodshed but I am not sure that Farage played any role in that being the case. I just...

He should have been in a position to propose what these policies should be, he had enough time to think about them. I am on the left (a pragmatist not an extremist) but I do not think for a minute that we have majority support or, at present, a clear position that deserves one but it is a much...

Not sure about the logic that says that by, focussing on immigration, he reduced the potential impact of the further right; his poster in the final week looked as if it was raising the temperature in that area. My main issue with him is that having doggedly campaigned on one issue for a number...

My point was questioning the role that Farage played in that vote, not the vote itself which was motivated by factors which were far greater than anything he and his party could influence. I think his major achievement was frightening the Conservative leadership enough to put a referendum in...

A one-issue pub bore who was as surprised as anybody that the financial crash, austerity policy, a totally incompetent government and clueless opposition suddenly placed him in a position as the figurehead of an agenda that a lot of understandably disillusioned people backed. Terrified that he...

Now neither of the 2 most high profile 'Leave' leaders are in positions in which they can in any way be accountable or answerable for the promises they made. If holding a 2nd referendum is making a mockery of democracy, what is this?