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Temporarily pause Parliament in favour of unprincipled character (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prorogue

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'temporarily pause parliament' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'in favour of unprincipled character' is the wordplay.
'in favour of' becomes 'pro' (being pro a particular cause).
'unprincipled character' becomes 'rogue' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pro'+'rogue'='PROROGUE'

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(Other definitions for prorogue that I've seen before include "Stop meeting" , "Discontinue meeting" , "Suspend, postpone" , "Suspend meeting" , "Discontinue (a session of parliament)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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