The shadow chancellor attacked the Conservatives, saying the referendum had only come about because of splits in the party and their fear of UKIP. (totalpolitics.com)
It seems to me that the most profound challenges were to Labour after 1983, since they had to adapt to Thatcherism following the party's own shift sharply left, and indeed a major split in the party with the SDP forming, and profound differences between the party leadership and the trade unions in Kinnock's first 2 years. (nextleft.org)
The activists» letter emerged as the deputy prime minister was facing a growing split in his party between backers and opponents of Rennard, after a party inquiry found its former chief executive may have invaded the personal space of some women but there was not enough evidence to say his behaviour was sexually inappropriate. (theguardian.com)