Brytyjskie wybory do Izby Gmin w 2017 roku wobec procesu wyjścia Zjednoczonego Królestwa z Unii Europejskiej
The 2017 United Kingdom General Election Towards the Process of Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to analyze the 2017 United Kingdom general election, that took place in June 2017, in the context of Brexit, asthe process of impending withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) is customarily called. The authoraimed to verify the hypothesis, frequently proclaimed especially at thebeginning of the campaign, that the Brexit was the main issue of thiselection. This verification was carried out through various analysis ofthe behavior of political actors (manifestos, campaign activities, statements in social media, etc.), but also social expectations (what citizens consider, according to declarations, as important, what motivated them when making choice, especially in the case of people who had changedtheir party preferences).The basic conclusion is that the campaign before the 2017 election brought very little to the Brexit debate, and political actors, contrary tothe original announcements, dealt with the problem superficially. Onthe other hand, the political landscape, especially the voters’ decisions,are strongly determined by the division revealed by the referendum and its consequences. It is debatable whether this division is deeper, and the Brexit referendum was just one of its manifestations. Formulating specific propositions about Brexit was not the goal of the campaign of the two main parties, but only the instrument justifying the decision about snapelection and serving to communicate and strengthen the basic slogans ofthe campaign – strong leadership for difficult times or return to a policy of redistribution and solidarity. An effective instrument, taking into account the fact that the dominance of the two main parties in the election hasbeen the largest in nearly 50 years.

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