UK Parliament / Open data

Repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011

When President Nixon and Spiro Agnew resigned, the United States ended up with a President and Vice-President who had been elected by Congress and not by a mandate of the people. It is therefore possible to have a change of power without an election there, which would not happen here.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
586 c1071 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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