Now Nigel, read carefully what I said. I said a fascist would love that remit. I have said here and elsewhere that that clause could mean anything between nothing at all and near enough the Enabling Act. we do not know where on the spectrum that will end up. But we do know that in the last few months the Government has complained that

- Parliament is blocking the Government
- The supreme court is blocking them and may need political involvement on appointments
- Cases brought by Gina Miller should have been declared outside the scope of the court.
- They argued the same in the Scottish courts
- They 'reminded' the BBC of an upcoming licence review and speculated the licence model might be dropped
- They threatened C4 in a same way


Every time, the Government objected to anyone else having any sort of authority over it, or even, in the case of C4 showing them in a bid light. So given all that, I doubt if 'rebalancing' powers can mean anything other than strengthening the Government.

Finally, of course, I did not tell Joe what to think. I quoted a section of the manifesto and asked him to decide how an actual fascist leader would regard it.

Like others, I am not claiming the current Government is fascist. But I am claiming this section of the manifesto creates an opening.