Boucek, Françoise (2020) Explaining Tory factionalism: why Johnson’s Conservative majority has proved more vulnerable than expected. British Politics and Policy at LSE (09 Nov 2020). Blog Entry.
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In December 2019, Boris Johnson gained a majority of 80 Tory MPs apparently united behind a strong Brexit strategy, and coming after many liberal ‘remainers’ had been forced out of Conservative ranks. Yet expectations of a re-unified party enjoying electoral dominance have both faded quickly in the COVID-19 crisis, with a Labour fightback coinciding with strongly renewed Tory factionalism. Françoise Boucek cautions that the Conservatives’ internal tensions now pose a similar threat to Johnson as to his predecessors.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Blog Entry) |
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| Official URL: | https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2020 The Author |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Dec 2020 00:52 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2023 14:16 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/107752 |
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