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Post Brexit and Post‐Covid : Reflections on the Contemporary Conservative Party
Author(s) -
Peele Gillian
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the political quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-923X
pISSN - 0032-3179
DOI - 10.1111/1467-923x.13014
Subject(s) - brexit , referendum , politics , covid-19 , political science , government (linguistics) , political economy , power (physics) , pandemic , conservative government , coalition government , period (music) , character (mathematics) , public administration , sociology , law , economics , european union , international trade , philosophy , mathematics , linguistics , pathology , acoustics , geometry , physics , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , quantum mechanics , medicine
This article analyses the changing character of the contemporary Conservative Party. It argues that the period since the Brexit referendum has seen the creation of a new politics in which voter alignments have shifted, and that the experience of the Covid pandemic has created a new agenda of issues facing government. Taken together, these developments constitute formidable challenges to the Conservative Party as it seeks to maintain its electoral support and its ability to manage the politics of power.