EA on talkRADIO: This Week in the UK Election — Conservatives Stumble and Lose the Brexit Initiative

Posted by Scott Lucas | Nov 9, 2019 | 0

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon launches the Scottish National Party, Edinburgh, November 8, 2019

I joined talkRADIO’s Cristo Foufas on Saturday morning for a 20-minute review of the first week in the UK General Election.

Listen from 14:47 during 0530-0600 Segment

We note that it’s the ruling Conservative Party who come off worse in the first round before the December 12 vote, appearing callous towards the public — including the victims of the Grenfell fire — as public services rather than Brexit take center stage in the campaign.

However, stumbles by both the Conservatives and the opposition Labour Party have opened up space for other parties like the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish Nationalist Party, heightening the likelihood that no one will have a Parliamentary majority on December 13.

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Scott Lucas

Scott Lucas is Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin; Professor Emeritus of International Politics at the University of Birmingham; and editor-in-chief of EA WorldView.He is a specialist in US and British foreign policy and international relations, especially the Middle East and Iran. Formerly he worked as a journalist in the US, writing for newspapers including the Guardian and The Independent and was an essayist for The New Statesman before he founded EA WorldView in November 2008.