British Politics and Democracy

The House of Managed Democracy begins with something more uncomfortable, the gap between how democracy is described and how it is actually experienced by voters. That was the first thing that grabbed me about the book. On the surface, The House of Managed Democracy is a structured, research-driven examination of the United Kingdom’s political system, … Read more

My working life spans the period before Britain joined the European Economic Community, through our years of membership, and into the present day. In the 1960s Britain still lived largely in the world of pounds, shillings and pence. We measured temperature in Fahrenheit, length in inches, feet, yards, furlongs and miles, petrol in gallons, milk … Read more