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The Prime Minister and the Cabinet
Detailed article on Core Executive [From Democratic Audit 2017] - Click Here
For The UK’s Changing Democracy : Democratic Audit 2018 - Click Here
For The Brexit Effect from the Institute for Government. The implications of Brexit for the UK system of government - Click Here April 2019
The Prime Minister - Click Here
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom [From Radio4 - Click Here March 24th 2019
Lecture by Professor Vernon Bogdanor on Prime Ministers form Attlee to Blair - Click Here
Lectures on Thatcher and Blair - Click Here
Tony Blair [Interviewed by Jeremy Paxman 2001] - Click Here
For The Rehabilitation of Tony Blair? [Guardian podcast: 23 minutes] - Click Here
Follow the relevant link for a very useful sample chapter from Introducing Politics for AS by Peter Holmes on The Executive: Prime Minister and Cabinet - Click Here
Cabinet Confidential [Documentary] - Click Here
The Cabinet [ with links to articles on “The Quad” and to a podcast on the Coalition] - Click Here
Independent article reporting suggestion of “training for Ministers” - Click Here June 2013
Useful Resources on Margaret Thatcher from Tutor2U - Click Here
The Political Assassination of Margaret Thatcher [A clip from an Andrew Marr Documentary posted on You Tube] - Click Here
The Downing Street Years [a detailed 4 Part BBC documentary {now posted on YouTube} on the Premiership of Margaret Thatcher] - Click Here
Margaret Thatcher; Death of a Revolutionary - Click Here
For Thatcher: A Very British Revolution [5 part BBC 2 series beginning May 20th] - Click Here
The Deal - Click Here
The Blair Years - Click Here
Useful Resources on Tony Blair from Tutor2U - Click Here
The Rise and Fall of Tony Blair One - Click Here
The Rise and Fall of Tony Blair Two - Click Here
The Last Days of Tony Blair - Click Here
Andrew Rawnsley’s Three Part Assessment of the Premiership of Tony Blair [From The Guardian] - Click Here
Heroes or Villains? The Blair Government Reconsidered - Click Here March 2019
Tony Blair and Parliament [From the BBC] - Click Here
For Steve Richard’s Radio 4 Series on the Premiership of Gordon Brown - Click Here
LSE Podcast by Anthony Seldon on the Premiership of Gordon Brown - Click Here
Cameron Uncovered [Andrew Rawnsley’s Dispatches Documentary from 2010] - Click Here
Steve Richards’ 3 part Radio 4 series on the Cameron Years is an exceptional resource for students and teachers alike - Click Here
Cameron at 10 : Antony Seldon discusses his book - Click Here
Steve Richards’ 3 part Radio 4 Series; The Brexit Prime Minister - Click Here
Brexit: A Love Story [Mark Mardell Radio 4 series: 22 episodes so far] - Click Here
Brexit : A very British Coup - Click Here
Page of links on David Cameron and Conservative Ideology - Click Here
The Cabinet Office and the Centre of Government [ House of Lords Report] Long, detailed but useful to dip into - Click Here
BBC Coverage of long detailed House of Lords Debate on PM, Cabinet and related institutions - Click Here
Core Executive and British Presidency: A Note - Click Here
For links to information on all Government resignations/ dismissals since General Election 2017 - Click Here
Individual Ministerial Responsibility and Collective Cabinet Responsibility - Click Here November 2018
Vince Cable and the Tories: Collective Cabinet Responsibility? [From Huffington Post] - Click Here March 2014
Gresham’s College Politics Lectures [containing a series on British Prime Ministers] - Click Here
You Tube coverage of Professor Anthony King and Sir Ivor Crewe discussing “The Blunders of Our Governments”. - Click Here
The Formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition [from the BBC] - Click Here
How Coalition Government Works { Video from The Constitution Unit of London University] - Click Here
The Coalition: Voters , Parties and Institutions [Report on first year of Coalition :Institute for Government/University of East Anglia] - Click Here
The Cabinet Manual - Click Here
Page of Links on UK EU Referendum - Click Here
The Cabinet Manual [Article and video from UCL: scroll down a little way for the video] - Click Here
Mid -Term Report on the Coalition Government [Detailed Report from the Institute for Government] - Click Here
The Secret World of Whitehall and The Great Offices of State - Click Here
Two 3 part BBC series via You Tube
Series of interviews with successive Cabinet Secretaries 1979 - Click Here April 2014
Theresa Versus Boris [Drama Documentary] - Click Here
Page of Links on Theresa May and The Conservative Party - Click Here
For Theresa May’s last big speech as PM - Click Here
For comparison of the administrations of John Major and Theresa May - Click Here
For Article 50 : Two Years On - Click Here
For Reflections : BBC Radio 4 :Peter Hennessey interviews long serving politicians about their careers [Blair, Major, Hague, Blunkett etc] - Click Here
For “What is the European Parliament and do the Elections matter? [Guardian] - Click Here
For The Brexit Effect from the Institute for Government. A detailed report on the implications of Brexit for the UK system of government - Click Here
For some Links on the UK European Parliament Election, the Peterborough By-election and the Conservative Party Leadership Election. This page will be updated regularly -Click Here
For a page of links on Boris Johnson as Prime Minister -Click Here November 2020