But he returned to frontline
politics after the referendum, to challenge a Conservative government without a coherent Brexit plan or a «meaningful opposition».
In this way referendums can play a longer term role in raising awareness and reconnecting people with politics, as happened in Scotland where we saw genuine grassroots conversations and movements emerge spontaneously and follow through into more sustained public engagement with
politics after the referendum.
Not exact matches
After throwing so much into the
referendum, he retreated from frontline
politics in its aftermath and has maintained a public silence since.
The bare possibility of a second
referendum after 2014 may have a destabilising effect on British
politics for the reasons he identified.
According to some opinions I have read, the recent
referendum in the UK was won by a small number of men in
politics and media, who immediately
after the result disowned some of the major claims and...
According to some opinions I have read, the recent
referendum in the UK was won by a small number of men in
politics and media, who immediately
after the result disowned some of the major claims and promises of the winning campaign.
At present they are probably voting Labour because they oppose independence, but will that still hold good when
politics returns to normal
after the
referendum?
«We must champion our communities and build a
politics that unites the country
after the division of the EU
referendum campaign.
Johann Lamont is to stand down as leader of the Scottish Labour party,
after describing some of her Westminster colleagues as dinosaurs who do not understand the
politics they are facing since the
referendum.