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In a speech on Wednesday, Tom Watson said a single-issue Brexit election may not break the deadlock in Parliament – something only a second referendum can achieve with certainty.

Unlike Ireland, where the Taoiseach of the day has to power to go to the Áras at any time to seek permission from the president to call an election, Britain is ruled by the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act.