While apprehension mounts among Brexiteers of a sell-out by Boris Johnson on an EU trade deal, the Prime Minister has secured a modicum of fresh credibility by honouring one of his manifesto commitments at last year’s general election: the draft text of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (Repeal) Bill has been published by Michael Gove, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office.