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The Prime Minister: the Office and Its Holders Since 1945 Ebook, Epub THE PRIME MINISTER: THE OFFICE AND ITS HOLDERS SINCE 1945 PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Peter Hennessy | 720 pages | 01 Nov 2005 | Penguin Books Ltd | 9780140283938 | English | London, United Kingdom The Prime Minister: The Office and Its Holders Since 1945 PDF Book Does a swollen support staff combined with more interventionist roles necessarily bring about a 'more dominant Prime Minister'? Claims about an increasingly dominant or more presidential premiership have a very long lineage, but there are difficulties in sustaining them. These questions were most I did enjoy it the overview of the office of British Prime Minister and its holders, both in terms of the nature of the office and the different PMs since Eden's secrecy led to Britain's worst humiliation of the postwar era: Eisenhower ordered him to turn back his troops, and Eden had no choice but to comply. Second, the Institute for Government report, Shaping Up: A Whitehall for the Future , contains a section headed 'The problem of presidentialism', and endorses the notion that the office of Prime Minister has been morphing into a presidency. For similar reasons the 'presidentialism' thesis advanced in the Institute of Government report must be approached with scepticism. Next come Winston Churchill as a post-war leader and James Callaghan, both presented as non-transforming, traditionalist copers. The pattern was set under Walpole. They all treat Walpole the person as synonymous with his government, an assault on the former serving as an attack on the latter. Tony Blair Lord Grenville, who succeeded William Pitt the Younger as premier after his death in , described Pitt as having led in his second, final period of office 'a Cabinet of cyphers and a government of one man alone'. Views Read Edit View history. Johnson Does naming a thing help you understand it? Fifthly, there has always been the potential for the premiership to have a substantial impact upon government, and tensions can often develop between the public-leadership role of the Prime Minister and the practice of collective Cabinet government resting on parliamentary consent. More Details Robert Walpole is commonly regarded as having become the first Prime Minister during his period of political pre-eminence during the early eighteenth century. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. On 17 November , he made a trenchant appearance alongside Lord Wilson of Dinton before the House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee on the publication of political memoirs. Peter Hennessy is an award winning author of numerous books. Mark rated it it was amazing Mar 01, In the early twentieth century, Sidney Low argued in The Governance of England that the 'Prime Minister's influence and importance are growing' and 'Much of the authority of the Cabinet has insensibly passed over to that of the Premier'. Electorally, s Britain seemed set in a Conservative mould. Except in exceptional circumstances it is thought unlikely that a prime minister would ever be dismissed. Hennessy co-founded the Institute of Contemporary British History in European Parliament Elections — Dominic Raab C. In Algernon West, the senior private secretary to William Gladstone, described the position as it had developed in the post-Peel era: 'Departmentally the First Minister of the Crown and the head of the Government has nothing to do'. House of Commons Library. Fartnoise Fartnoise junior rated it really liked it Oct 30, On some occasions the post of First Secretary of State has been similarly used: when John Prescott lost his departmental responsibilities in , he was given the office to enable him to retain a ministerial post and Michael Heseltine was similarly appointed. No trivia or quizzes yet. Showing He entered into a secret agreement with France and Israel to retake the newly nationalized canal by force, but informed neither his cabinet nor his U. In this "superdepartment" was split up, with Prescott being given his own Office of the Deputy Prime Minister with fewer specific responsibilities. Royal Arms of Her Majesty's Government. During his premiership of the Duke of Wellington was described by an ally as 'sole Minister and decidedly superior to all'. She constantly consulted her cabinet and the U. On the other hand, if the present-day claim put forward by the Constitution Committee is accurate, then all the earlier theories described above are, by implication, dubious. Is there anything you would care to add on the matter of the election? Both Downing Street and Mr Blair's office dismiss the report as overblown. Hidden categories: Pages using the EasyTimeline extension Webarchive template wayback links Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Use dmy dates from October All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from August Prime Minister. William Whitelaw was Margaret Thatcher 's de facto deputy from —, [5] an unofficial position he combined with that of Home Secretary in — and Leader of the House of Lords after He was The Financial Times ' lobby correspondent at Westminster in The Prime Minister: The Office and Its Holders Since 1945 Writer PW Picks: Books of the Week. Analysis of the table below demonstrates the difficulties. Tony Blair Mr Callaghan is praised for bringing his cabinet round to accepting an unwelcome financial strategy and Churchill for his attempts to mitigate the cold war. But greater progress has been made towards the establishment of a 'department' than at any point in the last years. Gentlemen Baron Hennessy of Nympsfield. The repetition of such similar claims over such a long period of time means we should treat with circumspection the Constitution Committee's reference to a 'more dominant Prime Minister' today. Cameron Coalition. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Could it be possible, for example, to attain greater 'dominance' than that associated with Pitt the Younger's 'government of one man alone', or the alleged 'Dictator' Wellington? From recently declassified archival material he reconstructs, often for the first time, precise prime ministerial attitudes towards the key issues of peace and war. By Peter Hennessy. But this trend in itself does not establish that they are 'much more involved in' a 'global role'. Retrieved 26 August Premiership for. House of Commons Library. George Brown resigned as Foreign Secretary in because, he believed, the premier Harold Wilson was 'introducing a "presidential" system into the running of the Government'. Asquith's famous phrase, the job of prime minister "is what its holder chooses and is able to make of it. Government of the United Kingdom. The office of Premier has become more than ever like that of an elective President'. The intermittent existence of a Deputy Prime Minister has been on occasion so informal that there have been a number of occasions on which dispute has arisen as to whether or not the office has actually been conferred. About Peter Hennessy. When his father's job led the family to move to the Cotswolds, he attended Marling School, a grammar school in Stroud, Gloucestershire. The DoubleHeaded Nation 2 I. Charlie Davis rated it liked it Oct 14, I'm particularly fond of Hennessy's writing, and this book is certainly no exception. Before the invention of the aeroplane, prime ministers such as William Pitt the Elder the Earl of Chatham in the mid-eighteenth century, Lord Palmerston in the mid-nineteenth century and Lord Salisbury at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries who combined the post of premier with that of Foreign Secretary all played a highly pronounced role in foreign affairs, which can be said to be more truly 'global' as in all these eras the UK was a first-rank world power. To ask other readers questions about The Prime Minister , please sign up. The mere occurrence of a meeting, circulation of a paper or existence of a secretariat does not reveal the quality or dynamics of the discussions that took place. On the other hand, the suppression of collective policymaking is a matter in which a prime minister is entitled to do whatever his colleagues and his party will let him get away with. What they have got away with is set out in detail in this entertaining and fiercely researched account by the leading authority on British executive government. There may be a difference in the levels of media coverage of Attlee and Thatcher. The Prime Minister: The Office and Its Holders Since 1945 Reviews He was brought up in large houses, requisitioned by the council, first in Allandale Avenue and then in Lyndhurst Gardens, Finchley , north London. This is a surprisingly accessible book, opening up the different styles of political leadership amongst the post-war PMs. If such interpretations have at any point in the past been correct, then the idea that the premiership is becoming 'more dominant' is harder to sustain. There may be a difference in the levels of media coverage of Attlee and Thatcher. Error rating book. Details if other :. Except in exceptional circumstances it is thought unlikely that a prime minister would ever be dismissed. Previous occupiers of 10 Downing Street have reflected on the unique nature of the job. Electorally, s Britain seemed set in a Conservative mould. Are we measuring good fortune, success or survival? Liberal Democrats Leader [note 4]. A must read for all of us who love British history, and in particular some of the nations Prime Ministers. After Green's resignation in , the de facto Deputy Prime Minister function and responsibility was carried out by David Lidington in the office as Minister for the Cabinet Office , before passing to new First Secretary of State Dominic Raab in John Major Rating details. They all treat Walpole the person as synonymous with his government, an assault on the former serving as an attack on the latter.
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