What Happened to the Conservative Party?
The quest to leave the European Union has exposed a deep existential crisis for Britain’s party of government.
May Must Be in Berlin, Paris on Brexit, Says Harrison
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It’s getting harder to imagine that the U.K. is run by the party of Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher.
The Conservatives took Britain into the precursor of the European Union in 1973 and spent much of the last three decades squabbling over whether to get out. As negotiations stall again before what the U.K. says is a crucial summit in Brussels this week, the biggest battle remains in London between the party’s Brexit backers and doubters.