Analysis
Parties, Parliament and the Brexit process: tensions facing parties, government and MPs
25/08/2017
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
15/08/2017
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…