"Verhofstadt and other MEPs have for a long time been urging the UK to develop a cross-party approach to Brexit. Their stance reflects that fact that, in most continental countries, cross-party cooperation is much more common, and seen as much more desirable, than it is in the UK, where first-past-the-post and the adversarial nature of the House of Commons makes it a rarity."
"Verhofstadt and other MEPs have for a long time been urging the UK to develop a cross-party approach to Brexit. Their stance reflects that fact that, in most continental countries, cross-party cooperation is much more common, and seen as much more desirable, than it is in the UK, where first-past-the-post and the adversarial nature of the House of Commons makes it a rarity."