Effet Brexit, effet Corbyn ou crise existentielle ? Les dimensions de l’échec travailliste

In the General Election of December 2019, the Labour Party suffered a surprising and spectacular defeat, the fourth in a row within a decade, one of the worst in its history since WWII. The aim of this article is to put this result in a long-term perspective, identify the current features of the Lab...

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Main Author: Gilles Leydier
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Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique 2020-09-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/5738
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Effet Brexit, effet Corbyn ou crise existentielle ? Les dimensions de l’échec travailliste
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
Brexit
Labour Party
Jeremy Corbyn
2019 general election
Red wall
title Effet Brexit, effet Corbyn ou crise existentielle ? Les dimensions de l’échec travailliste
title_full Effet Brexit, effet Corbyn ou crise existentielle ? Les dimensions de l’échec travailliste
title_fullStr Effet Brexit, effet Corbyn ou crise existentielle ? Les dimensions de l’échec travailliste
title_full_unstemmed Effet Brexit, effet Corbyn ou crise existentielle ? Les dimensions de l’échec travailliste
title_short Effet Brexit, effet Corbyn ou crise existentielle ? Les dimensions de l’échec travailliste
title_sort effet brexit effet corbyn ou crise existentielle les dimensions de l echec travailliste
topic Brexit
Labour Party
Jeremy Corbyn
2019 general election
Red wall
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