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Echoing Mahatma Gandhi's comment on Western civilization, Graham Allen thinks the British constitution would be a very good idea — a clear constitution providing real power to the British people and their elected representatives. In The Last Prime Minister he showed the British people how they had acquired an executive presidency by stealth. It was the first-ever attempt to codify the Prime Minister's powers, many hidden in the mysteries of the royal prerogative. This timely new edition takes in new issues, including Parliament's constitutional impotence over Iraq.
Source: Times Higher Education Supplement

Credit: Vernon Bogdanor

"Iconoclastic, stimulating and well-argued, and its publication could hardly be more timely."

Credit: Peter Hennessy

"Sharp, well-informed and truly alarming."

Credit: Anthony King

"Should be read and pondered by everyone interested in the future of the UK's constitution."

Credit: Andrew Marr

"One of the most original constitutional thinkers in the Commons."

Source: Network

"A stimulating read."

Source: Fourth World Review

Credit: Chris Wright

"Sound, locally based governance is the key to the challenges facing humankind, so Graham Allens' short book is a forceful reminder of just how far we are away from achieving it."
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- Publication Date: 11 March 2003
- ISBN-13: 9780907845416
- Edition: Revised Edition
- Extent: Main content page count : 96
- Code: 090784541X
- Dimensions: 13.5 x 21 x 0.8 cm
- Weight: 200 grams
- List Price: £8.95
- Related Formats: This Product replaces, or is new edition of this Related Product.: GTIN-13 - (EAN 13) 9780954170707
- ONIX Version 2.1, Version 3

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Title: Last Prime Minister
Subtitle: Being Honest About the U.K. Presidency
Edition: 2
Author: Graham Allen
Collection: Societas
Language: English
Publisher: Imprint Academic
Imprint: Societas

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