All Brexiteers now? Brexit, the Conservatives and party change
All Brexiteers now? Brexit, the Conservatives and party change
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现在都是脱欧派吗？
DOI：
10.1057/s41293-017-0064-6
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发表时间：
2018
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影响因子：
1.1
通讯作者：
R. Whitaker
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作者：
P. Lynch;R. Whitaker
2016年脱欧公投使保守党的政策和战略发生重大变化。尽管戴维·卡梅伦辞职了，但这些戏剧性的转变并没有伴随着人事或主导派别的变化，因为在党内最高层中，投票留在欧盟的议员人数继续超过投票脱欧的议员。140名保守党议员投了脱欧票，其中许多人在欧盟问题上有叛逆记录，但在投票留欧的议员中，有许多“不情愿的留欧派”。除了肯·克拉克之外，所有人后来都投票支持触发第50条的法案，但在一个在欧盟问题上长期存在分歧的政党中，支撑政策变化的制度支持机制是脆弱的。随着软退欧派和硬退欧派在退出进程和英国未来与欧盟的关系上存在分歧，保守派的分歧也发生了变化。由于保守党现在是少数派政府，议会提供了各种方式，让议员们可以登记异议并影响政策，从修改核心的英国退欧立法到支持批评特别委员会的报告。
The 2016 referendum vote to leave the European Union (EU) brought about significant change in the policy and strategy of the Conservative Party. Despite David Cameron’s resignation, these dramatic shifts have not been matched by changes in personnel or dominant faction as MPs who voted Remain continue to outnumber those who voted Leave at the top echelons of the party. 140 Conservative MPs, many with a record of rebellion on EU issues, voted Leave, but among Remain-voting MPs were many ‘reluctant Remainers’. All except Ken Clarke subsequently voted for the Bill triggering Article 50 but, in a party long divided over the EU issue, the institutional support mechanisms underpinning policy change are fragile. Conservative divisions have also changed as soft and hard Brexiteers disagree over the withdrawal process and the UK’s future relationship with the EU. With the Conservatives now a minority government, parliament offers various ways in which MPs can register dissent and influence policy, from amending core Brexit legislation to supporting critical Select Committee reports.