"collective wisdom"

"access to specialists"

"ability to communicate with people"

Don't make me laugh. We used to have politician's that would serve parliament after a lifetime of real work or service behind them. They understood the real world and real people because that's where they operated. Now we have ideogically driven people coming into politics straight from university or some quango, and housewives who think they are going to change the world armed only with their feelings.

Do you think politicians self select themselves and just walk into Parliament? We choose who we want. That the current party system is flawed and in need of root and branch reform is definitely true but it's down to us to reform it. I belong to More United, so I am trying to do something about it. What are you doing?

People like you will also defend a rich remain fanatic having fast tracked and direct access to Blairs unelected "supreme" court so that they can bypass the constitution, effectively pull a brand new law out of their own ass and say the government broke it in one stroke. Compare that to what's happened to the Tilbrook case that's been constantly blocked and delayed in the courts.

Gina Miller was the face behind a much bigger group determined to ensure that the principle of Parliamentary democracy wasn't usurped by default. The Supreme Court did not invent a new law at all. They had never before been asked to consider such a set of circumstances, probably because it was the first time that a stunt like that had been attempted. The law was always there but now it has been used and explained by the highest Court the constitutional principles have been better established. The reason it had to be dealt with quickly is obvious.

The liberal elite don't want to leave the EU and are willing to cause massive constitutional problems and even potentially large scale civil unrest to get their way.

The "liberal elite" are a mythical bogeyman dreamed up by the hard right elite to wind up people like you. No-one is trying to do anything other than find a safe path out of this mess.

People are not going to forget this and Brexiteers, like Trump suporters, are not going away.

The recriminations and blame game will still be part of public life 100 years from now. I too won't forgive Farage, the ERG and the Leave campaigns for their lies. I have though begun to turn my mind on what somes after Brexit and how we need to repair our broken political system and restore some faith in it.

I fully expect this to go down a very dark path now and the fault will be squarly with those that refused to respect the vote. They will stop at nothing it seems.

That's your opinion but one I don't share. There are many reasons why this mess exists but "not respecting the vote" isn't one of them. Everyone respects the vote, but in different ways. Giving "the vote" a blank cheque for people to interpret it in whichever way they choose is not to respect it. Respect demands responsibility.

Trump is flawed but still 100x better than any of the democrat candidates.

There are very few in history who are worse than Trump and all of the democratic candidates are. An opinion currently supported by public opinion polls in the USA

So what does having a working majority actually allow you to do?
A proposal is put and a majority agree and a law or change Is made.
Are you saying that the minority can oppose these new laws or changes and the government cant make them!
Have you actually read labour's potential manifesto.
A s*** storm is coming as they will change laws with no thought; just to get their policies in place.

Did anyone else see the irony in an MP hysterically screaming at the PM to mind his language whilst citing the murder of another MP when trying to make a point about toning down language using in the commons.

"No deal brexit" is also provocative language. They should say, leaving the EU trade agreements and signing up to WTO terms, but that doesn't sound sexy.

"Project Fear" was also provocative language, but that was referring to a negative remain campaign that has failed to materialise, at least to the extent predicted. Sure, the pound is low and my skiing holiday is now f***ing expensive, but stocks are up, house prices and immigration are slowing, unemployment is down, wages are rising, the national debt is shrinking, the balance of payments has improved.

It was good parliament has a debate on language today and Jo Cox's husband was critical of both sides.

Anyone on HoL see a solution to parliaments complete gridlock? Boris is either hoping that another nation will veto our request for an extension, in which case, all of these obstructions would be pointless. I've been told by political aides that we are permitted to pay another member state to veto an extension on our behalf.

Or, as parliament is now not able to function, it is likely that leave lawyers are hunting through the history books to find a case that can be used as a precedent to trigger a general election.

It's up to us to elect who we want to represent us. I would rather have 650 using their collective wisdom, access to specialists and ability to communicate with people in their constituencies than delegate it all to one person, who then becomes a dictator. You don't really want that do you? Especially someones as flawed as Trump! Trump wasn't elected "to take decisions for America" anymore than Johnson was for the UK. In other words not at all! He was elected to head the executive branch of government in the USA. This is just one of 3 equal branches, none more important than another. He needs to work with Congress and within the law. Just as Johnson needs to gain the approval of Parliament for every action he proposes and work within the law.