THE clashes last week in the House of Commons may have made for a somewhat unedifying display - perhaps we can all agree on that, whatever our political persuasion may be.

But surely such language is part of the cut and thrust of healthy debate and only natural given the febrile political climate. The Commons, like the country at large, is something of a powder keg at the moment. It only takes a small spark to ignite the charge and create a chain reaction of (metaphorical one hopes) explosions.

Labour MP Paula Sherriff may well rise from the benches, apoplectic with outrage, her voice cracking and her lip aquiver, but people on the other side of the Brexit fence have much more right to be angry than she ever will.

However 'pejorative' she may think the Prime Minister's language, he was absolutely right to describe the situation in the way he has.

The people of Britain have been utterly betrayed by many of the MPs that purport to represent them and seek to thwart the outcome of the referendum at every turn. The Liberal Democrats (sic) are actively committed to this betrayal. Their entire political mission centres on stopping Brexit altogether, preventing one of the largest democratic mandates in British history from ever being implemented. Their leader Jo Swinson wants to became PM off the back of this pledge,

Good luck with that Jo. Never perhaps in the history of British politics, not since 1605 at least, have people been so sympathetic to the aims and objectives of the Gunpowder Plot.

Boris Johnson uses the words 'Surrender Act' and 'betrayal' because they're true. Like him or loathe him, he's stating a fact, one he refuses to water down to appease the bleeding hearts and snowflakes sitting opposite. I say this as someone who voted remain but would now vote leave on principle just to see the democratic will of the people honoured, deal or no deal.

Nobody wants to see MPs threatened, hurt, murdered or menaces made against their families yet such acts are the responsibility of individuals committing them, certainly not a direct consequence of the Prime Minster's language. But the fury people feel over Brexit is certainly justified. Revolutions and rebellions have been built on far shakier foundations.