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Media coverage
Title Revealed: How Remainers backed Labour due to party sitting on fence over single market pledge Media name/outlet The Telegraph Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 1/08/17 Description Labour's refusal to admit that the party would take the UK out of the single market was key to their success at the 2017 General Election, a new study suggests.
Voters viewed Jeremy Corbyn’s party as the "best bet" for maintaining close ties with the European Union despite its "ambiguous" position on the single market.URL www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/01/revealed-remainers-backed-labour-due-party-sitting-fence-single Persons Edward Fieldhouse, Christopher Prosser Title Massive election study reveals how Labour won over 'large numbers' of Remain backers from the Tories Media name/outlet The Mirror Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 1/08/17 Description Voters viewed Labour as the "best bet" for maintaining close ties with the EU despite its "ambiguous" single market position, according to new general election research.
Academics from the British Election Study (BES) team said their data suggests Jeremy Corbyn 's party won over "large numbers" of Remain backers from the Conservatives, the Green Party and Liberal Democrats at June's snap election.URL www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/massive-election-study-reveals-labour-10911869 Persons Edward Fieldhouse, Christopher Prosser Title 'Soft Brexit' policy won Labour votes in general election, says study Media name/outlet The Guardian Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 1/08/17 Description Labour was predominantly viewed by voters in the general election as the party of soft Brexit during a campaign dominated by the subject of how best to depart the EU, a major study of electoral opinion has concluded. URL https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/01/soft-brexit-policy-won-labour-votes-in-general-election-says-study Persons Edward Fieldhouse, Christopher Prosser Title General election 2017: Brexit dominated voters' thoughts Media name/outlet BBC.co.uk Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 1/08/17 Description By Prof Ed Fieldhouse & Dr Chris Prosser University of Manchester URL www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40630242 Persons Christopher Prosser, Edward Fieldhouse
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Cathie Marsh Institute
Keywords
- UK politics
- general election
- Brexit