The government is coming under increasing pressure to scrap the ‘Kafkaesque’ Fixed-term Parliaments Act amid mounting criticism it has contributed to the political impasse over Brexit.
The government is coming under increasing pressure to scrap the ‘Kafkaesque’ Fixed-term Parliaments Act amid mounting criticism it has contributed to the political impasse over Brexit.
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