On the issue of another referendum here is my twopenneth.

Over my 35 years of being able to vote there have been a number of occasions when the vote hasn't gone the way I hoped. On each occasion the result of the vote has been implemented and on some occasions such as with General Elections there is the scope to revisit the previous vote.

The country as a whole decided to leave. Arguments about who understood what are irrelevant as the debate was had just like all other political debates. Opinion was presented as fact, some facts were embellished and some outright whoppers were told. Find me a general election, even a council election where that hasn't happened.

The electorate were warned that there might be a financial hit to the economy and they accepted it.

So the politicians have to get on with it.

They have obfuscated for 30 months. We should have been prepared to leave without a deal on WTO terms and yet the estimates I have seen are that we are 6-12 months away from that.

That is a dereliction of duty. Almost an effort to straight-jacket the country in to a deal which most seem to agree is a dog's breakfast.

If a second referendum were to take place, as we have already ruled out Remain, it should be on a deal or no deal basis.

Accept the deal that the Government of the day have spent two years putting together, or leave without a deal.

In the future, of course any party can propose that we apply to rejoin. They can set that out in a manifesto and will have the opportunity to explore that.