Brexit and Britain’s Broken Parliament

10/23/19
 
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from The Wall Street Journal,
10/21/19:

The prime minister can’t call an election, thanks to a reform enacted in 2011.

Is Britain broken? That’s the question a bemused world has been asking since the unexpected result of Remainer David Cameron’s Brexit referendum plunged the U.K. into a three-year political crisis.

Two things are striking about this period of national agony and debate. The first is how sensible and peaceful the British people have remained.

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