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Right to escape the Westminster madhouse? (9,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

political asylum

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'right to escape the westminster' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'madhouse?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'madhouse?' could be 'asylum' (madhouse is a kind of asylum) and 'asylum' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'political' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for political asylum that I've seen before include "State protection" , "refuge?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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