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The Conservatives need to think beyond Theresa May, and consider once again what it is to be a conservative.
The EU saw this coming and is ready for Farage’s ‘Trojan horse’.
Years after voting to leave the EU, the UK still has no clear plan of how to make Brexit work. These five articles chart the history of an intractable problem.
The UK has until October 31 to get its house in order.
Members of the European Research Group are right to compare themselves to ancient Spartan warriors. Behind their combative stance, they seem to have no plan for when the Brexit war is over.
What sort of democracy is now required to break the Brexit deadlock?
The Labour leader doesn’t really want another referendum, he wants an election – and striking a deal with the prime minister makes one less likely.
No one is saying she has done a stellar job, but other prime ministers have made mistakes like May.
After the initial relief that the party leaders were working together comes the realisation that they both risk splitting their parties if they strike a deal.
It’s easy, now, to think of this as Theresa May’s story – but Thatcher, Blair and Cameron all played their part.
The party is in deep trouble among several key demographic groups. A Brexit enthusiast at the helm could make that worse.
One wrong turn after another has left the British prime minister cornered.
As mental health experts warn that Brexit anxieties are cause for concern, why this is deeply suspect for the country’s political future.
After a full day with her top team, the prime minister says she wants to thrash out a deal that both she and the opposition can live with.
The prime minister will be the key protagonist in Brexit the movie, but there are parts for everyone.
The prime minister asked MPs to support her withdrawal agreement, leaving the future relationship for later. Her plan backfired.
MPs were never expected to produce a concrete decision in their first round of indicative votes. There is some material to work with now.
The prime minister has told her MPs that if they back her deal, she will leave office before the next stage of the Brexit process begins.
How parliament and executive came to be locked in their Brexit impasse.
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Paul Whiteley is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics, University of Sheffield
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Associate Tutor in Politics and Social Sciences, Edge Hill University
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Professor of Politics & International Studies, The Open University
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Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, Edge Hill University
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Associate Professor of British Politics, University of Leeds
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Ashbel Smith Professor, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas
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Head of Politics, Sheffield Hallam University
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Teaching Fellow, Department of History, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University
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British Politics Lecturer, University of Liverpool
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University of Nottingham
