What is the job of a British Prime Minister? The elusive response of the Liberal prime minister Herbert Asquith was succinct. «The office of prime minister is what its holder chooses and is able of make of it» (2). Personality, for Asquith, was key to defining the role. Yet individual prime ministers have exercised power over the past 300 years in shifting institutional contexts. Altered relations between the monarch, the cabinet, parliament, political parties and the electorate have framed the aspirations, successes, failures and legacies of those elevated to the political leadership of the country. While the character of the prime minister is key, the levers of power available to them have changed.
Storia costituzionale del Regno Unito attraverso i Primi ministri
Alessandro Torre
2020-01-01
Abstract
What is the job of a British Prime Minister? The elusive response of the Liberal prime minister Herbert Asquith was succinct. «The office of prime minister is what its holder chooses and is able of make of it» (2). Personality, for Asquith, was key to defining the role. Yet individual prime ministers have exercised power over the past 300 years in shifting institutional contexts. Altered relations between the monarch, the cabinet, parliament, political parties and the electorate have framed the aspirations, successes, failures and legacies of those elevated to the political leadership of the country. While the character of the prime minister is key, the levers of power available to them have changed.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
