Analysis
Select committee composition: the Brexit divide
Philip Lynch and Richard Whitaker Select committees are among the most significant tools available to MPs for scrutinising government and shaping the agenda. With a small number of exceptions, these are now up and running for the 2017-19 session. Many select committees are holding, or…
The second reading of the EU Withdrawal Bill: beginning of the end...
By Adam Cygan The second reading of the EU Withdrawal Bill marks another important milestone in the UK’s journey to formally exit the European Union on 29 March 2019. Legally, this Bill is a necessary step to enable the UK to end the supremacy of…
Parties, Parliament and the Brexit process: tensions facing parties, government and MPs
Richard Whitaker and Philip Lynch The UK’s 2016 referendum vote to leave the EU has already heavily tested the cohesion of Parliamentary parties at Westminster. The UK’s relationship within the EU has long been a source of tension within and between parties, and Parliament is…
Conservative divisions on Brexit: the general election and beyond
Philip Lynch The 2017 general election is being viewed as both a ‘Brexit election’ and one in which the Conservative Party’s campaign was disastrous. But the two are not inextricably linked. As in 1997 and 2001, a Conservative campaign built around the EU issue…