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Two assumptions seem to lie quietly unspoken at the heart of this question about whether or not the UK should adopt fixed-term government; firstly, that without hard-coded prescription as to length of term, UK governments are invariably allowed to run on and on; and secondly, that fixed term government would solve real or perceived malaise within British politics. However, as other contributors to this debate have already pointed out, these basic assumptions are wide of the mark. While the UK may not have a written constitution, it does have a very robust system of constitutional law, hone...