U.K. Conservative Party Reveals Its Deep Divides

With six months to go until Brexit, internal disagreements are boiling over

BIRMINGHAM, England—The annual conference of the U.K.’s ruling Conservative Party, usually a highly choreographed display of almost slavish loyalty of the party faithful to its leaders, is this year deeply split.

The cause of the division is the biggest issue facing the country: Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan to keep the country’s economy closely tied to the European Union after the U.K. leaves the bloc.

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