POL218Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Uk Independence Party, Brexit Negotiations, Michael Gove
6 Apr 2020
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British politics has turned upside down since the general election in 2015. Against the expectations of markets, bookies, polls and commentators, as well as of david cameron and his closest associates, the election gave the conservatives a small overall majority. Labour made some gains in england but lost almost all its scottish seats, one of its core heartlands, to the. The liberal democrats collapsed to four seats, while the united kingdom independence. Party (ukip), although winning four million votes, only secured the election of a single mp. It was an extraordinary triumph and vindication for david cameron, the first time an incumbent government after serving a full term had increased its share of both votes and seats since anthony eden in 1955. The government had presided over austerity and a weak economic recovery, but still managed to come out on top, with the opposition fragmented.
