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Description of  The Worm in the Apple: A History of the Conservative Party and Europe from Churchill to Cameron

The first extensive history of the relationship between the UK Conservative Party and the European Union. The Conservative Party has been in power for 47 of the 65 years since the end of World War II. During that time the division within the party over Europe has been the enduring drama of British politicsfrom Churchills decision not to join the original European Coal and Steel Community in 1951 to Camerons decision to hold the Brexit referendum in 2016. Other leaders came and went, but the issue was always theresometimes center-stage, at others behind the scenesdestabilizing foreign policy, corroding the body politic, and destroying several of the partys leaders. These questions, and how they panned out, created a deep, grumbling discontentthe worm in the applethat, over time, turned the Conservative Party and, by extension, a significant section of the electorate, against British membership of the EU. By telling the story of the arguments and divisions within the Conservative Party, Read more