I wouldn't give ANY opinion poll the time of day given the headlines received for what is usually such a small, insignificant sample. They are all too frequently created to both promote and inflate the agenda tied to the source of the poll. The fact that so many readers swallow; accept and have their voting behaviour influenced by the resulting headlines is astonishing..

Day 3 is not the way negotiations are done when you have nothing but scraps in your begging bowl. Those that think we hold the cards are deluding themselves.

And you're the expert I assume.

The delusions are with the lily livered remoaners that think we couldn't survive on our own

I am no more an expert than anyone else who is not a specialist.

What I do though is listen to those who are experts and not just optimistic bullsh*tters, or those who throw around insults like confetti in the hope that that helps their arguments. As soon as terms like "remoaner" enter the debate I realise that straws are being reached for.

It's not a question of whether we can "survive on our own". Of course we can. We could survive on baked beans and Budweiser but I wouldn't want to. It's a question of how we survive and what the future will be for our children and grandchildren. It's a question of our place in the world and how best to play it.

It amazes me that people seem to think that just because we make significant contributions to the EU, so have "negotiating leverage", that they must all roll over and accede to our demands. Of course if we leave without a deal it would hurt them too, as our economy and imports from them would shrink, so they want to avoid it, but they cannot do so on terms which would hurt them even more.

I think leaving is crazy but I think leaving without a proper arrangement for our future relationship, a "deal", is beyond crazy. It's the irresponsible narcissism of a group determined to prove a point and not of those who seek the best outcome for us all.

Philip Hammond got it right in his statement. A no deal Brexit would be a betrayal of the 2016 referendum result. The leave campaign promised that a new arrangement would be easily obtained and no-one should fear Brexit. No-one voted for, or even contemplated, leaving without one so if it is attempted Parliament has to intervene and stop it. That is their duty.

Do you mean the experts that agree with you or the experts that don't?

Why do you think leaving without signing a punitive treaty is "beyond crazy"? Do you know what is in the current withdrawal agreement with or without the backstop?

I am no more an expert than anyone else who is not a specialist.

What I do though is listen to those who are experts and not just optimistic bullsh*tters, or those who throw around insults like confetti in the hope that that helps their arguments. As soon as terms like "remoaner" enter the debate I realise that straws are being reached for.

It's not a question of whether we can "survive on our own". Of course we can. We could survive on baked beans and Budweiser but I wouldn't want to. It's a question of how we survive and what the future will be for our children and grandchildren. It's a question of our place in the world and how best to play it.

It amazes me that people seem to think that just because we make significant contributions to the EU, so have "negotiating leverage", that they must all roll over and accede to our demands. Of course if we leave without a deal it would hurt them too, as our economy and imports from them would shrink, so they want to avoid it, but they cannot do so on terms which would hurt them even more.

I think leaving is crazy but I think leaving without a proper arrangement for our future relationship, a "deal", is beyond crazy. It's the irresponsible narcissism of a group determined to prove a point and not of those who seek the best outcome for us all.

Philip Hammond got it right in his statement. A no deal Brexit would be a betrayal of the 2016 referendum result. The leave campaign promised that a new arrangement would be easily obtained and no-one should fear Brexit. No-one voted for, or even contemplated, leaving without one so if it is attempted Parliament has to intervene and stop it. That is their duty.