Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

The British General Election of 2017
The British General Election of 2017
The British General Election of 2017
Ebook995 pages11 hours

The British General Election of 2017

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

4/5

()

Read preview

About this ebook

The British General Election of 2017 is the definitive and authoritative account of one of the most dramatic elections in British history. Throwing aside her natural caution, Theresa May called a snap election and was widely expected to crush Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party. Her gamble backfired spectacularly as the Conservatives lost their Commons majority to a resurgent Labour led by one of the most unconventional politicians to lead a major British political party. Drawing on hundreds of interviews, with unparalleled access to all the key players, The British General Election of 2017 offers a revelatory guide to what really happened. The 20th edition in this prestigious series of books dating back to 1945, it is designed to appeal to everyone — from Westminster insiders and politics students to the wider general public.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 27, 2018
ISBN9783319959368
The British General Election of 2017
Author

Philip Cowley

Philip Cowley is Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London. His books include volumes on each of the last three elections. Robert Ford is Professor of Political Science at the University of Manchester. His books include Revolt on the Right: Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain and the forthcoming Brexitland.

Read more from Philip Cowley

Related to The British General Election of 2017

Related ebooks

Politics For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for The British General Election of 2017

Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
4/5

2 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    The British General Election of 2017 - Philip Cowley

    (bbook_preview_excerpt.htmlKW&W.4F!!&)FR$K66V@(P<L׳ZLǬzV/}~ΉH Ds_^tloFwSu_|ʽIs,WٗE]*Ozܖ}mh*{Z˾lYg{/{ǫ7[[};gw=Χg.X|loy׷Mb\_鳯d˦]_}Z+cxĩȒ~E}caq/nCQًUveԫֿrv+a4,gf74m[t{yN$wښM-Cem7MWp"˳]kZּy5|β/r=w}WٺiwxȺl>{]^+?6-id{|#}GWy]m7]a;yaU!^u XjSyq?ɾ)nTsᅟpXE!'ٶ|~^:mꪔwAo?*gEY̪\jz9,Ohe.)Jz#.vE!!%KZɩ-׭Ogzr0(({[c`! FH6b? 5V!7nR[VKLX.˕a$Zd{ɣ_;gU ](=E*唯1Zt qNU sm8F9 -wECV]|;S-rF^v%+Lov q5]T@Q huދV.(Q)ftrR$fߞ<,JՎj8?PgA|SuuQ5] NܹEɯ䐷*hKNc .;doSU,{q;@, jj7X$໖nzsPRX%D|[*ܹyHTхe߷͕|{6;r;!7=66.V k ɝ U}[^AD9 @8 'ⵐe# AD -l~0T9o WzM&nD,ھjy?U :S ^ٳUSwbCMߩCSYW(N9z *a ~p}lfP#[Ćd)θVHzDJ) mscI L,TWÒꮔl'HWKIE %;ٛR:ϔJYef7|rGSY-$]vc!bmRx65zDžƇ#QuMmB.\^'cᏝrOq2Vs#ؑY3W(꾣fږhdba鋻2좗Vٰ-A~ aP+*GaF-#?vmyW%w YLMiMooj?~{|TZ-M;1Ka,;|NCvᢇ "7{*:Y]07$] 썬SoGQTZj14z%r#_S-y?eKxY&YMrTJhDrA_ub>>۷9Z#c;roԻxkFG"+DGC![UZ;[2\vED̙Bs6'_ cA@AmD+l>Wğו p| S)487f(-PY `I9}(TB1IDܿhN !oEw;)46{)5(]zAf0fi/Z`-f~qco+%բߙjXr ƺZ-Bw8i%c7ETneU T;augXvu VlԸn(RL,{9v;t5e՘D\wU>;tj߻Y M# +:⊕{ej=jQnGhN J-.F1{PXS?Ia)&v+!،ۄr.VR/-}N2aojlebdIʧ lKtDIQ~T2|R|>!Bã/EdwoᤦsU\!,'./[wexM^g:'B9(qx4!Fh\$tpfnrd7woE(N7pA=D}s" X!k\w)~0ޭq+r\C^rnAB$Rكu%%ޞj,&/^x抪nU9*`Z5>Z哲brw+B )mu(0~2opP^ A%|rQHd@ iqa]=T+Z3"ɦpj$Fgn\x/B7J`?3e.jDhJ}]nҥۼ5mlcM'[MG-ò "//MvwYPkgUXNYchrI`JT $pþC7,~kgoweB"%Fx8P'#L_=y6iETfxq(dUg;^=aɐWuv~iROOv*sQ:*V/f0X40-[r3\Pa&:a #0+Lf >Rހ6rքO$l -szU`QN1A.OsŬ+6-Z؎޺EqpT`\`mE VbU#s -/ʸH,W [c}Hk>]I\6T<V,>W k#AfX]DLx"Z=}n~Q6TQoY+\|P&ϻB(9vPFLTc7_}OL#M8aRx (w՛ԹA(<+,BY⁑혞y 3M{/Ch/z7lE&3!uo: ˝bJPڪx%F7E{o b S0L؋qټ6oaoؾ"V1&!bCC֯Ӝ!b r 8!aŦ-b5$+?@R,_ˮWTS=2r3q~S\J(|f قrOx=!ezBm۴}VXfōhsiFGF5eEVICޫ"BwGHx9cso/aDeO<#ZSS8nԖ{ҕqND lHcdL^YAǬʙkjV*Nr-^zWu[6,)!ڞ$ S=aIS Ip"BCpr;Mbd^BS 8FoԹhX25Gk_{`6Ma70/~LE4OWWh2(2gGەL롇p'R5KQۼSeӖ7)_sO18CRaњ47PQJLct&>`VNX1hm (tћٓW//~GoӋۋ7ٗK4kӀ!MtF章N3Eܖ@QB2jAGb=jJ[VyUoe5 C\WG0S_Iȱ..Qأl?BxrkyY E2J<9u 'aJ]n< fWiDHx:ӨQ,9]͎1#>KS*5GQXiCdTr k [/$vȄ\*ADqMGʔ9{`1դ\f'R,_p@A.+~ɱȶIF`u7D !eÅD~+diTM 'A4:]RBp`M&YXW w=7f5뇳Ztljc0ikޫ q'g@Rzm"Fwe(ĢheK KW(2 xnK'ʖ<|[F<Vyf[-f*.Î"50n&תLq*u`*}~.- +]؞ofj\C'Ujq_ /%>JMi$9ȳ6mZV@XtS/ H8ޣQĦ|AI KEGMs݁DFQ Ս+$NA='2#)8jJ_T< ͙%x!R7<},c>dˢen>3ƒTp޶ofȢBYNLR@¿ǖ'Ҿ7{V_j B f!6g]ZC0CϳXҮI }'QQCE݌V$> f ?};5PPSv8V+#ח{Ԧvood Ms!Ӌ3Wh\ç E~rW0rEgnRdr)I OF;zfzBXj4yF{/-BPf2h$GCJf3N8!@'~jēR*) 9Mme]vA`ut65P x C+UxöV;Uc}(KW&T%V`(U'5EF-%%\0t,el\,'ē4~!98&,bl@ !΋q  }?-YRֵ 'ѳPlwr܉yLe0#y!JvIk)-ƪ"x_K2=j9SFU+O$ONz8JOC{yB-\GϲxQi; *CfPJxEs IK1̋m?6ɎJ|}i xDi%9~XR7`Ȇ!+< V qXD(:di Gܘ*7n)uQ WjkuE\f:vhXA Aé*e dmȮS7.߼Ň< 7sb(kݖ>mp<I=W LQ'NCȕꥄvcLjcZ1vjGJ H (tbչ\ *I(kS7L 0D$\YxڅƖmqcYXS[_9{W%HTp64t"[ʭ9&OI-JVt7gĤü61Sć< Pc ,E,fS1xwJcsŎ0qGl CIڐ+ڡgsg0(0[at8؏oOxtr9|-[|r+7mY~}]v ؄Ą( ڢGOdRA7miPE"5Ixr‚Jݓz@wNi c? }LI^ !6J GGߊO˂?֘xVR 2Z:0p~vWDG$ IW[X" .buAŊwi9j}b|jy;iGٮƀ#* ^,K2*1z#%[xk˝ Zғ8X<+n+UtH1&bsQzƣF-'t2Sjؗ)I{z=2.59wL " Ӣ a- \<@+|@H@X[ջ!Y(m$݉'^,5Vzר]_֧mݏE^KX\0d;6 DZ #nƲhaF\RFs;@ ::aqZ$t}GyCbD+vD+τ H|1. .GY_BeFF9PfbX[Fc&l)jgn=YS~(e9/IX]pr߈>LF9jc%hITk\k=񆽡ɓ(CrJL'-!7qBP$쥀w'i +jyohߖY sW*41 إ[ba\(L'\skڶ9ύ ٕ~jU'}:BP ŏd dqyJ\3zS1]%յn? ZtA޾d_Y)[kueft/OcFNZ8ܾJG7@Іה/ ui_`BVF9-[ 4n[%IjяФ ͐,ΩmBa8;3tFFn\;9L[4u1Ŏi(m.HO߅.АA< ~yTKn ʂEۢ)F!_'!aO5s귆;,_[R;ˡ@'cQE.ڊ+\*y2cT0}@n{۫kD=i6 e:kq+;R>_8mM kҍP#=&m)ToT9MEi-Łaؘ&+wocCc#R-0AxIjՉTB[iN4֠ y:Ά,]ۏJ u%B7ށ 3vxڢDC/c!a`L$9&J, d0GGǸn3KoAʻ%E-P_]%0* Q+7<؋jM=БFC"fTeL&hf-/>&B FC:Pbx/sFR)ÆYObk1Kd8 ĸlS3sSds{42 Ն $.{f C)SvX~"'PѶ\ҳ+~'(z8l"|ֺMhK EJZSa<9q`SŧUf'B4 7I>U6 c/6qHpTzUxZ; '3$ƴdHxIj(Kg:GhyEyn-[ַM=Q(>̘"JoL=V _P+RFȊ̋P9Nə#vh26ӥKvG>xH\IsͻLM5l ?x2NĚʼnhJ=$Qf ^(M]W W%‘%*nьSwOO}~RYtr -kd%`typ.3c 9a߈PH/I.̒xLM:E.H<c]!s?c&T\Sn50e+,Y=j-!g.R,"cSK2w!v|X$C4҆_ 77Lڧ=g  d̂G>q](tۡ#Y9,vj+s SX:oA` כ%BiTFYQ]VjE}͐1OtTyRD[_썐M6踈oSw%colY&M~'gi4N3%0O+Xq{()WP'6?n־i11(Ht8Oz{6)uaۑ2$_X8O"ZQ˒/ajiٗq.C&z\l\e'F2 U6⾚v: C=_{ӑ 2|Y[yl3"\SSGӬ<>N0{.铰䍝t1^[0pً$^ k5{~D3ha9zo73n] S?}y^b0BrCN$i҅ni &Qs-bx}QhKYchpHTu?#h$_Cv){W#F[ê4aZ@?b]{ $iDtM`UE]sů}W.=#cLQ[CCOLC{ݱ<4PI"ó0_17י@ϫ5L6r2Zt 0pn^4j=cBS7=BrlWjUJ5W=t|l/fyFzfC"[Ⱥ5(XJ{}*HIk,Ci`pҞ+&V>,ZkF%z4ʯ֕a7 " 2#-yt|,c} 4 Be=4}M3tF n"riﻞlڀieF_7CY7@`M?"C"| &-S1eQ[`eiG 2Wo&w%a nK ʼGB8`qb$L,o7N{vY]V2YhX&yeiqoB/괡bQߙfYGHW;aO *,Vp4k Ҏlc98Kb:yCK3j)hBs$9aPGuhnP8 =][t.4zWRJlmsZnUD˸:4U$}_Gi8nEhvY}fS2 )Z F9F vJ6,sl4YM0knE1e` x_ȊIe0Q$~\$;նҺGYSoQMÀy2uثxk6Fkv <7~ /u -^` iv þ &,ѲdA%^o85jEAd-7 fLl/DAiEsycwFEL0GУ 亃B`2; eq0H$0o&'aI7N( 3c5DP$S>Py5G8_pe,*Ah'kkص13!ݾ8cB]ήTCtv8ߌ AȨ@'!{d H,ڏY@xKK }h㶄`4$ `!BF_haPy/ntcD$n!:?JvoˡMˣP㼨tJQ€VsDdi"\}Xx&6*cTCHSpot M88&,}D;q &ȉg N0g"/E lɭ$0׉";vLU1t\.*5ҳ&WޓvA!j9a7u1³ǫO-ɖ= m nQpthQybuQ6c ̲_1ڡe3$̗)5LƅJ$C`d40ﳄFaw3j}K0qneKoDǏ>Ϯcp%HDcs O+nOs2/,EK2ܖܓ>= /b}H=:Ag \P;l ȊB|ܲWTluqyV l<'"~lt˦͌D?٫-fRXI\ f^٦ܣE3n)*SKGIz\ǀC O*DÀn>]7I m]>+r*<il{܂땵qGhpa(Z Othg5YP[<x,DHSQ-st~ֽ1dlѰ(۝u]W̴r}Pmn,(A`"B̓n볁Dy~ ]c)ICno_RjfИrEs#cŴw}q~$#0”Aܿ"sl6,Md cyֳ' X#Hқ;qi,F_`\2ϛʯ=k`ͨgw>˔N_ n4ĥ.xP<}޹m04mhr[VVtr4U;邿Nc '1(kec{h~` E߃MQE) &QѸ35L4pBR}RMpQ;?;%$ 5ԒO_|\=bp/Hwvw3a}~_?ES]fz._< [Ζ~`azF j|#\xh#pf٤zȭƖ5m5JrCSw<e"2PB@MBTD^Zn"]|&N)-Aw6|% Ǹ i)T"WGQאbuO^_k-y<3Mt[g鬵-߾O<ޔ0Dڈ;P |_I;}]Uqo 8<8b-yJn6Wc,3`v^z|Ĩh B'fI*@ ~uKȄ>4ɔX陚dy|T80; NWCo Y(>mlδW{Wtl o1,ݯL-ksʋzk@,EA}iw9;#gI-<,,YR=Ho!{DEQF^6!LD$ig$] t.Xap&3m;. .f!0`3X4˺pFQ2F1R9$GZH-*!@x!%@ծ'c'R" >|c4Fn޶Òr(Ĥ?n0!@k̘9`?L8e9EOy[g,G}_v(6=\o8~ ?8|'=Z%⌏8eH;{:[{rv(5 $_œuiѝ k/KgOX d$3? ˯6{#d\SQn(9]A< ʐl}y;*ѲgZh%H\h~-ؽ(glbo$OvQ(4r)8 _t|8=?73Y?+3lۏmnFh<-i|0ɽ^, 4R k0`S5$U!% ZK,@Kf+m*>=ḈMJM\ lLIO 0f/MM?mF#ߏ>ڷaxXx6n6:6_֖߈qUltU?A7fBi\4F"=I{ =c8>V B4fҫ՝JΠތV"W)U!_CפyLTM<{[1XBg8?$'!sm82o2DžP|T5JH M5o1vêף񎸛e۬Dc! 4Gsqr~g|A_4׀$aK.Dr޴ooݺ{9p;}":C;2l\_m~7$ç_|#{׏}U]5ۃ B_I/ 쟚JNM^m"&6 |\5 4x_ZxӴ%%FgAqG`tL=\`t K5<՜')MOߚfԩ^0BUҿ b(Iq7FWbeUv>hِ'yFd' *,+ m4K%/}nFUF5D>a$jUn:1 z.+.䴽m[=}BF4'db:r|'Ĝqg 5a7h%nO}^)V\#Rr)ZYO,gQt?ȗNv#r'߰Dy.&Y=FtֳHZo1ӯ#8.=:ګP)& ͹.k {f;XpUVU-Zmv|i13=͕A]|_'ESKErggl݅դ׆4;>RP2N9g!X (hoEkBb_ ٌ1z_gJͧQ*T.؁ y j=J ,5MYL{D,="ejvIosf&+9T)nn:"H$SXb#fO*3u݊LPJ{Pz1(O!-K@؇Pc[/g^u?xČsj9a=;)6U |EץK@.0FOi篳<҃fON5u X!mϱNaI0H^z"㮦qMnE}Xd7ƈZ g@|sbzm${ 5ԈP̞\UQ;s HuRRDtQjZ.gεߕu`0K+0J hOsRȬ9t`J6'!L -[졡ǐw[/b?^shw$捻,ڑċxԪFeπK~]mpYȎWe%MH-/ATA(P%Ç0èDš+ԼEP}|*R`q܍Tfkz.0P`⌅ٶM}E;X/' *H:/t(Ґ]ȟcң.\MQkpHTUc}6l[J16ne..|JcARq;\TrӲU;a4hCgJ]>y/?NVeeZ9P%8(V-Kt]bJQ<7=,"rOg%k84PNNuS׹i2*8J-?s'. V2>93G/x; ?*(EarxZW*wܵ/j|azjh/#l.m:C,?#@<ժCxWfڡr~Or@&) D⪨µA5enϣfŴFm6 VbW9=,y֎jLƑC|@PL&!z(fgx0yf?|[q[5G(O|D)_:vw`މ(WyP(3/aM.[=MbRfp\|nUҊk' t>r a+L[5A^$ H:eS;^){0zjc1^TpUY+ Ɉɴkx]PY9-afޢaMFIvX>e=X;(=P:jvHq/Kqѧhm=v%Qݨ|œċ⓾8 .qHk<Gs<JCf+ punx - VȢmи 5QC(ٛQN@fs n*+T<rDړeb%ͰF:}TвN 5ԺEtԟ'.YXC(PB6,,0GIN<'AzsxC<3F$Z8 F@I+{wP.yfvujԷfU%-l1GeC/w 8x=68k rfے/h 6&R]BegD1J"(2BTPޭ"/p[ٙDH3 ^8#g!{)bPѧW,k;)mִ\n\{)0VsPQ+b87If0\d^{IjkGfCbTX,U_rFZbl%0|m~p56C΂\^ ~  I]ՠ7C=>-ѹ'`cn褸q~7 b7Fh?| &gA9AFwlZ}@[ u+Yp_UnIZ( ݹp@ϴH+MbwN#g-u_z!:k+Ւ~=WD#ve7~LZ#G\Ӵ{#彃 I;l|S& 9#LOFdbGfh#Ҭ܃ 4Zb#jIR95I:$6Ѧ3;7C^%c0󃧈n6Ña2q Ae pS(1#  6ąg=jٮVe__?a)|l`[9@ u3SpHp{:%vugzx(ZhG&4RQZ4ulHs;ElvD$K)MѨ8Viq}S$\$j[߭ήsys[>+H8c6:{MDXm,v8niwBi&<]U@ҚG PMZ:B][7^rK0f mde-PTT!@DXtշ:#lj$O>pX,+ _٧n(wI44ewoHwЦGIҚyX/_gߙPC$״$v߲G j,mC0Fݾڜ }C!4N)C!ZF Y.LX18_\Y իJ(ť2j5C> FtQ?LTQ-Un㎪ ύs3C/&1|&]˗we̱o9%ͪOEG(DgClШ/-k(!.͌БM^&k06~ Ү\1i9,,LEJ>ʣuש=RC-bѺ> H sVkyhUġjXiϮ=h1tf)&Zڡ^`ר/}GlPΖ]4m/#D-$<  !;2d'f!F֥ QrG&N(Mv:B4 pFr~_Wy_[VA:zsw}T%ޭU 򽶻ЮJ$ͷC'3i㎏IBG( &A &0tT֦W,?Ȩ ^%#kt6kQ#bDN/X&՜c~P4M >ORGF8v% [:fƐHj&o&z:ñpa:`Dz>]W47u)**72fYMw*H?}+_:wbYv$βkEGz~ACXlMyȓ3bv"v[}h!=&eC|vc4k\ 9\ ajTe6$B9.@lފ#'DpP3Ye7Ry|(P0{Z4tP?ܰ8U"x`bwc f}ƴϲe?J{4N* x D2J 6n;W Xwxdv[n.d٫-`QJ/+ Yhy}4ADޞ 9ۚՂUYkSa 2k].h@m@n7 >hS`oUң* V]{X(0ڮnr^&,7ͥp7tfti+1Om ]OcBKJ[Rxve@jɅ]+m˝JHM9S?A2[v6z)bPXMRmzY(^j- 9p}s]4l"|RF,m.=rnq )u G( 6wW?lzԈjUDN{g*2:v@pC6 o<} 1Eagc'_8 KP[2I˃?>[ a$/AkV?2@M̉cMsk"L̂F8'KCfUhlλsp!I MȃŤT9v&(I ROnCquRIEQBB `ΆIp|<%WqR/#}5 Dh5
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1