The ultimate test for anti-Brexit MPs: will they resign their seats?

Swan, Sean (2016) The ultimate test for anti-Brexit MPs: will they resign their seats? Democratic Audit Blog (15 Nov 2016). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

MPs who feel strongly enough about a particular issue – whether Heathrow expansion, the Anglo-Irish Agreement or increasing pre-trial detention – have sometimes resigned their seats and stood again as independents or for another party. Will anti-Brexit MPs adopt this strategy? Sean Swan says it is fraught with risks, but resigning en masse would be the only conclusive test of whether public opinion has switched to Remain.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	http://www.democraticaudit.com
Additional Information:	© 2016 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2017 08:45
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 11:43
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/69059

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