LONDON — Five years ago, Britain’s Conservative Party scored a landslide victory in a general election that contained outlines of a realignment in that nation’s politics. Today, those same Conservatives appear headed for one of their worst defeats in a generation, an unraveling of a once-proud party that has come with astonishing swiftness.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Britain’s Conservative Party, like the U.S. Republican Party, is in turmoil
Five years after a landslide victory, Britain’s Conservative Party is deeply divided and appears headed towards one of its worst defeats in a generation
Analysis by Dan Balz
April 27, 2024 at 10:43 a.m. EDT