He told his MPs to ignore. You can't tell either Parliament or the electorate what to do, you can merely count the votes and keep an eye out for the judicial reviews.

That's the problem with my "dissembling nonsense." It seems to piss all over your erudite err bullshit. We had one like you on a board once. I usually blew the silly sod out before breakfast. Keep climbing that tree, your arse is unfortunately more revealing as you clear each branch.

The "laws" you refer to are passed by elected MEPs on the basis of papers forwarded by commissioners for ratification and the latitude they have is agreed by the council of ministers and ultimately heads of states at treaty level. Or democracy by our elected representatives as it's known.

By the way, if we were to leave, then such laws would actually become the impositions you witter on about, although instead of a say in them, we'd be beholden to them and instead of fines, we'd risk trade tariffs.

If you've anything to say other than Daily Torygraph leader columns, it might enrich this debate, but I'm not holding my breath.