| Description |
248 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Missed opportunities 1946-1959 -- Macmillan's false start 1959-1963 -- Heath's triumph and tragedy 1963-1975 -- The 1975 referendum - before and after -- Thatcher's battles 1979-1991 -- Things fall apart 1991-1997 -- Three leaders 1997-2005 -- Cameron's dilemmas 2005-2016. |
| Summary |
"The Conservative Party has been in power for 47 of the 65 years since the end of World War II. During that time the division within the party over Europe has been the enduring drama of British politics--from Churchill's decision not to join the original European Coal and Steel Community in 1951 to Cameron's decision to hold the Brexit referendum in 2016. Other leaders came and went, but the issue was always there--sometimes center-stage, at others behind the scenes--destabilizing foreign policy, corroding the body politic, and destroying several of the party's leaders. These questions, and how they panned out, created a deep, grumbling discontent--the worm in the apple--that, over time, turned the Conservative Party and, by extension, a significant section of the electorate, against British membership of the EU. By telling the story of the arguments and divisions within the Conservative Party, The Worm in the Apple helps to explain why Britain voted to leave the European Union in 2016."--Amazon. |
| Subject |
Conservative Party (Great Britain) -- History.
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Politicians -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Europe.
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Europe -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
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Conservative Party (Great Britain) (OCoLC)fst00564681
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Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
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Politicians. (OCoLC)fst01069915
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Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
191336853X (hardcover) |
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9781913368531 (hardcover) |
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9781913368548 (ebook) |
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