Author (Person) | Cooper, Charlie |
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Series Title | Politico |
Series Details | 07.11.16 |
Publication Date | 07/11/2016 |
Content Type | News |
After many years of debate and prevarication the United Kingdom government announced on the 25 October 2016 its support for a new runway at Heathrow Airpprt – the first full length runway in the south-east of England since the second world war. Conservative Member of Parliament Zac Goldsmith subsequently resigned from his Richmond Park constituency as a protest at this decision. Mr Goldsmith was also known as a Leave supporter in the Brexit referendum debate, although being the MP for a constituency which strongly voted for the UK to remain in the EU. Pro-Europeans from other political parties held a primary to select a single candidate to fight the by-election on the 1 December 2016 on a pro-EU stance. Consequently, |
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Source Link | http://www.politico.eu/article/why-brexit-may-revive-liberal-democrats/ |
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Countries / Regions | United Kingdom |
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