Could it Happen Here? The Day a Prime Minister Refuses to Resign
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Biografisk notat
Peter Hennessy is one of the UK's leading contemporary historians and is the author of definitive books on the UK's prime ministers, constitution, civil service, and intelligence agencies. His recent works include Winds of Change: Britain in the Early Sixties and A Duty of Care: Britain Before and After Covid. He is the series editor of Haus Curiosities.Andrew Blick is Professor of Politics and Contemporary History, and Head of Department of Political Economy. He is the editor of The Constitution in Review, a six-monthly analysis of developments in the UK constitution produced by the United Kingdom Constitution Monitoring Group.
Does the UK’s constitution sufficiently protect our democracy from a rogue prime minister?
In light of the resurgence of the far Right across Europe and some of the rhetoric of the 2024 General Election, which carried whiffs of political authoritarianism, Could It Happen Here? explores the possible consequences of a British prime minister refusing to leave office.
Mapping out the processes which might occur after such an eventuality, the responsibilities of key players in the UK’s democratic system, and the integrity of that system after years of stress, Hennessy and Blick analyse the UK’s ‘unwritten’ constitution and provide a crucial recommendation for protecting and strengthening the resilience of our parliamentary democracy.
Prologue 1
1. The Limpet Prime Minister: A System
Under Threat 5
2. Protecting the System 18
3. The Ten-Year Stress Test 53
Conclusion 86
Notes 88
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Peter Hennessy is one of the UK's leading contemporary historians and is the author of definitive books on the UK's prime ministers, constitution, civil service, and intelligence agencies. His recent works include Winds of Change: Britain in the Early Sixties and A Duty of Care: Britain Before and After Covid. He is the series editor of Haus Curiosities.Andrew Blick is Professor of Politics and Contemporary History, and Head of Department of Political Economy. He is the editor of The Constitution in Review, a six-monthly analysis of developments in the UK constitution produced by the United Kingdom Constitution Monitoring Group.