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Divided government over the EU referendum

Ruth Tarrant

22nd February 2016

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I've found it both fascinating and startling that there are such clear dividing lines on the government frontbenches over the EU in-out referendum. What are the implications of (rare) divided government in the UK?

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.

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