David Cameron’s Syria defeat was unexpected, but Prime Ministers are regularly forced to bow to Parliament’s will
EUROPP 2013-09-02
Summary:
On Thursday, British Prime Minister David Cameron lost a vote on the UK’s participation in a military intervention in Syria. As Meg Russell writes, the vote has been met with shock, and seen as a very visible assertion of parliamentary … Continue reading →
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