Deadlock.

James Mildred  |  Features  |  politics & policy
Date posted:  1 Oct 2019
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Deadlock.

It’s not so much a United Kingdom, as a disunited kingdom. Since Parliament returned on 3 September from its summer recess, politics has been in a state of hys-teria. We are witnessing one of the most tumultuous seasons in British political hist-ory ever recorded.

Advisors have been sacked, there is talk of the Prime Minister breaking the law in order to get his way and MPs have been deselected for refusing to vote with the Government. The Speaker John Bercow has also said he will go as of 31 October.

It is striking that, ever since Boris Johnson first put down a motion for a general election, more than 35 MPs have already said they will not be seeking re-election. It’s tough being an MP and especially when you are being asked to debate divisive issues like Brexit. Whatever happens, and whenever the intended election actually takes place, Parliament is going to look very different.

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