Peter Hitchens on Brexit and Parliamentary Sovereignty

Peter Hitchens is the author of six books, a journalist for The Mail on Sunday and the 2010 winner of the Orwell Prize.
In the weeks before the Brexit vote he sat with us to discuss a wide range of topics, which we share with you today.

[@patricklenz8898]

I don't often agree with him but I do on this completely understand

[@jonesalex565]

So was it "consistutuonal" to join?
A body with sovereignty over parliament is surely not acceptable.

[@phillipmorrison9607]

It was constitutional in the sense parliament decided to both join and leave the EU, after two referenda which were both advisory. Which body was sovereign over parliament btw? Parliament is and has been sovereign, since 1689 in fact.

[@yeahright3495]

Peter is against referenda because 'they are too easily manipulated' -- what, as opposed to general elections?

[@sdprz7893]

Yes referendum is far easier to manipulate than general elections.

[@seanmoran6510]

People are too easily manipulated by spin because we don’t ask what’s the bias of the elite.

[@yeahright3495]

@@seanmoran6510 yes they advocate the policy, get elected and then never do it anyway