"In your attempt to re-cast the definition you have, seemingly, labelled all under 18s as non-sentient. Surely you can make a better attempt than that."

Indeed I could have. "Sentient" was a bad choice and my excuse was a very long and knackering day with 150 miles driving mostly in the dark in horrendous weather conditions, but you don't want to hear that. But the irony of your rightly drawing that to my attention is that, if we include all those sentient under-18s, the brexiteers' "people have spoken" 38% mantra looks far sicker still. It's actually 38% sentient over-18s less all the sentient under-18s, a poignant thought when you consider that they are the very people you've shafted the most. I should think that "the people have spoken" probably accounts for around 20% or maybe a bit more of the country's actual sentient beings. Perhaps next time I hear someone saying me that " the people have spoken" I'll reply saying but ah, only one fifth of the SENTIENT people have spoken! Of course, my maths is predicated on no arbitrary lower age limit having been set for qualification as "sentient." Needless to say, I know a good few five-year-olds with as much sense as some who are old enough to vote, and they probably possess just as much political knowledge (none, in other words).

Yes, Nigel, you didn't actually utter the word "plebs" but you did support the leave campaign that treated the people of this country like ignorant plebs, like suckers for their xenophobic lies, and you're still defending the lying toads here now. I can say with hand on heart that I had no truck (or bus even) with either side at the time, regarding the whole thing as skewed, disreputable and undemocratic. Show me any post of yours from before June 2016 that criticised the lies of the leave side and I'll give you a chocolate Hobnob.