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Parliament suspension sparks furious backlash

Senior Conservative MP, Jacob Rees-Mogg, defends the Prime Minister's decision.

Senior Conservative MP, Jacob Rees-Mogg, defends the Prime Minister's decision. The suspension of Parliament has sparked protests across the UK, a legal challenge and a petition with more than one million signatures.

Also on the programme, a new Italian government is to be formed by the Democratic Party and the Five Star Movement. Can it last? And Rwandan refugees in Australia say they are being spied on by the Rwandan government. We meet the reporter who broke the story.

(Picture: Jacob Rees-Mogg outside the 成人快手 Westminster Studios Credit: Summers/Getty)

53 minutes

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  • Thu 29 Aug 2019 09:06GMT

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