Just to clarify the origins of those two reforms... the Supreme Court was undoubtedly conceived by Blair, even though not launched until after he’d handed over to Brown: but the FTPA was all Cameron, part of his coalition deal with the LibDems.
As for ‘1/3 of Parliament afraid of a general elction’, I don’t think that’s true. Everybody wants an election, and knows that there’ll have to be one. But Corbyn isn’t going to agree to an election on a date fixed for Johnson’s convenience. One of the unintended consequences of the FTPA is that the date of an election earlier than the fixed term becomes in itself a political football, since it requires bipartisan agreement. That was never the case previously
They have a Zombi legislature now and Corbin knows an election to clear the logjam will see Labour voted out.
Nigel has proposed a coalition with conservatives to
get rid of remoaners.