In a new paper by Neil Brewer, a psychologist at Flinders University in Australia, the answer is a resounding yes.

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Professor Matthew Flinders, department of politics, the University of Sheffield and Dr Ruth Fox, Hansard Society.

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In their report Matt Flinders, a senior academic with Sheffield University's Politics Department, says the problem is with the Parties themselves.

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