Delusions and meddling: 30 years of Tory Euroscepticism are coming to the fore

The United Kingdom Conservative party’s relationship with the European Union has come a long way since Edward Heath urged the UK to be ‘inside Europe’. Euroscepticism has a long history in the party, but the drift of public, media and Tory sentiment away from European unity crystallised in 1988 under Margaret Thatcher. The Brexit process is now bringing these tensions to the fore, writes Oliver Daddow. We can expect more – and even more damaging – spats like the one after the May-Juncker dinner in April 2017.

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ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

ESO: Background information: The Conservative Party and Brexit http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-conservative-party-and-brexit/

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