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Urge poor to revolt and interrupt parliament (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prorogue

'interrupt parliament' is the definition.

'urge poor to revolt' is the wordplay.
'to revolt' indicates anagramming the letters.
'urge'+'poor'='urgepoor'
'urgepoor' anagrammed gives 'PROROGUE'.

'and' acts as a link.

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

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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