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“Strange” Elections in the UK
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Date of publication
01.11.2019
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2019
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0201-7083
“Strange” Elections in the UK
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The article provides insight into the UK snap election (December, 2019), the reasons why it was called, the factors which shaped the outcomes and their consequences for British political life. The author argues that the deadlock in Westminster, where the juxtaposition of the executive and legislative branches of power precluded solving the issue of Brexit triggered unavoidable snap elections-2019. The article examines the UK political parties’ position on Brexit and their electoral campaigns. The paper concludes that the victory of the Conservative party was due to the first-past-the-post system and to the exhaustion of the electorate of uncertainty. The new configuration of political forces brought into office a stable government and made Brexit inevitable. Still the country is divided, and Britain must conduct complicated talks with Brussels on future relations. The author also made a conclusion that even if the electors will be disappointed by Brexit the new referendum is impossible and the manifestations against the policy of the government will be generally out of the Parliament walls.
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Ananieva Elena
Head of Centre for UK studies Institute of Europe (RAS)
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