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Parties and Party System: Prospects for Realignment

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posted on 2023-06-07, 19:14 authored by Paul WebbPaul Webb
This review of the current state of British party politics considers the prospects for realignment of the Westminster party system. In view of the problems that Labour faces in office and the continuing entrenched crisis which confronts the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats have been presented with historically favourable conditions in which to break into the citadel of major party politics, though realignment is far from inevitable. In 2002, evidence emerged that the strategy of the Liberal Democrats to achieve their goal would consist of distancing themselves from Labour in order to replace the Conservatives as the most credible party of opposition.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Parliamentary Affairs

ISSN

0031-2290

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Issue

2

Volume

56

Page range

283-298

Pages

16.0

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  • Politics Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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