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Originally Posted by Chris
Repealing the FTPA would require only a simple majority in the Commons, but the bill would be amendable at various stages of its passage through Parliament. The way Parliament is right now, any piece of primary legislation is at risk of a rider clause being inserted, with the intention of sabotaging Brexit in some way. So repealing the FTPA is going to have to wait until after an election, when Boris hopefully has a comfortable working majority. If he does deliver Brexit next month, that should be achievable.
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Agreed Chris, why it was ever passed into law is beyond me.