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Parliamentary oversight loses ground to Downing Street

The chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) of the British Parliament, Julian Lewis.
The chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) of the British Parliament, Julian Lewis. © PjrNews/Alamy banque d'images
The British Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament has doubled down on its political onslaught against what it sees as an executive power unwilling to cooperate. But this new attempt to assert itself also reveals the limited room to manoeuvre MPs have, beyond their personal and political affinities. [...]
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