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LONDON, Oct. 26-- Brexit is fundamentally a political issue before it is an economic one, a senior Conservative Party figure has said, insisting Britain would be better off once Brexit had taken place. The writer of the TV series House of Cards and former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party Lord Michael Dobbs told Xinhua in a recent exclusive interview: "I have absolutely no doubt that once Britain is through on the other side and is outside of the European Union (EU) -- as long as that happens -- that it will be in a better place, a more flexible place." "Britain will be stronger economically, it will be stronger socially," said Dobbs, who served in the early 1980s as a close adviser to Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Dobbs has been at the heart of the Conservative Party for nearly four decades, working closely with Thatcher and John Major, who served as prime minister and leader of the Conservative from 1990 to 1997. The current Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May is negotiating a Brexit with the EU, following the June 2016 referendum result. Her Conservative Party has for decades been troubled over the relationship between Britain and the EU, with some Members of Parliament (MPs) fervently supporting leaving the EU, while others supporting remaining inside. POLITICAL ISSUE FUNDAMENTALLY According to Dobbs, Brexit is fundamentally a political issue before it's an economic one. | 
