The slow-motion disintegration of the Conservative and Labour parties is the key political fact of 2019. Brexit is the immediate detonator, but the underlying causes run deeper and create the opportunity to reshape politics. However, this approach has broken down. Although many social democrats and liberal Conservatives still instinctively prefer to argue their case within the larger parties, there are several reasons why this approach no longer works. The traditional parties are both committed to carrying through different versions of Brexit, but…

Source: The Times October 05, 2019 17:03 UTC