If there's one lesson we can take from the political upheavals of recent years, it's that Britain is increasingly divided - and nowhere is it more evident than in our cities.This is the central theme of Cities Outlook 2018, the Centre for Cities' annual health-check on UK urban economies. It examines the growing disparities between different cities in terms of political leanings, living standards, and economic performance - and the implications these have for their economic prospects.Take politics, for example. At the EU referendum, there was a clear dislocation between small and medium sized cities in the North and Midlands - which largely voted for Brexit - and bigger cities and those further south which mostly favoured staying in the EU. Similar divisions were seen in the last General Election, with Labour consolidating its support in major cities but the Tories seeing a surprising swing in many Labour urban heartlands.
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机译：如果我们可以从近年来的政治动荡中吸取教训，那就是英国越来越分裂-在我们的城市中，这是最明显的地方。这是《 2018年城市展望》（Cities Outlook 2018）的主题，即城市的年度健康中心-检查英国的城市经济。它从政治倾向，生活水平和经济表现等方面研究了不同城市之间日益扩大的差距-以及它们对其经济前景的影响-例如政治。在欧盟全民公决中，北部和中部地区的中小型城市（主要赞成脱欧）与较大城市以及南部地区的主要支持留在欧盟之间的明显脱节。在上届大选中也看到了类似的分歧，工党在主要城市巩固了对工党的支持，但保守党在工党许多城市中心地带的举动出人意料。
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