Sentences with phrase «euroscepticism as»

Jon Cruddas, the Labour policy chief, is widely thought to view euroscepticism as part of his Blue Labour agenda and even figures like Chuka Umunna have expressed support for an In / Out referendum to settle the issue (I should know - he knocked on my door at election time and told me so).

This answer mentions some interesting points about elected MPs being unable to change the organization of the EU as a whole due to structural restrictions, but most of it is really just criticizing the eurosceptics themselves or euroscepticism as a concept.

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This was billed as a parade of Tory euroscepticism, and it is that - but what really matters, it seems, is the extent ot euroscepticism on the Labour benches.

Corbyn's traditional Bennite Euroscepticism was nothing new, but many progressives found his failure to resist May's hardline stance on the single market and customs union shocking, particularly as the poorest in society stand to suffer the most.

Although the party originallyfocused around Conservative euroscepticism rather than immigration, relative to supporters of other parties UKIP sympathisers are much more likely to see immigration as the single most important issue facing the country (see figure 1).

This may now be changing as a result of devolution and of euroscepticism, stronger in England than in other parts of the country.

He saw himself as representing moderate euroscepticism, and believed his role was to act as a negotiator between the various eurosceptic groups and Richard Ryder, the chief whip.

Today's euroscepticism is more mainstream and careful, as exemplified by Cameron's speech, but no less pernicious.

The value of his diaries after 1992 is that they give an insight into one strand of parliamentary euroscepticism, but their downside is that, all too often, we get bogged down with the personality and policy clashes of what now appear to be obscure Conservative parliamentarians, and other major political issues, such as the economy, merely become noises off.

David Cameron and William Hague declined to continue the offensive, which peaked at the weekend, in media appearances this morning as a combination of euroscepticism, fears about immigration and a looming protest vote combined to see Ukip's performance spike.

[26] Founded by Charles Cormack in Edinburgh in January 2014 and registered on 3 April 2014 [27] as a response to UKIP and Euroscepticism, [28][29] the party did not stand [30] and was deregistered in November 2015.

My research interests lie in the domain of comparative european politics and more specifically, the areas of political parties (ideology, organization, radical left) as well as the domestic politics of European integration (Europeanization, Euroscepticism, European elections).

In the 2014 European elections, Euroscepticism was primarily associated with success of far - right populist political parties such as the UK Independence Party (UKIP), Golden Dawn, Jobbik and Front National.

In these times of increasing euroscepticism, critics of the European Union often contest the Union's very raison d'être by referring to measures such as the «Bent Cucumber Regulation» and enquire after its right to legislate and adjudicate on areas that traditionally used to be within the scope of sovereign nation - states.