CONTENTS
1 Cover
6 Preface and acknowledgements
7 Introduction The Prime Minister in history and theory Rationale and structure of the book
8 1 Majority leader The Prime Minister in Parliament since 1979 The Prime Minister versus Parliament A breakdown of party discipline? A measure of control? Prime Minister’s Questions Choosing a champion Conclusion Notes
9 2 Cabinet-maker ‘Near-ideal’ scenarios: Thatcher (1987) and Blair (2001) Suboptimal scenarios: 2010 and 2015 The May reshuffles Conclusion Notes
10 3 Policy-maker The impact of Thatcher Hollowing out the Home Office Prime Ministers and policy-making Conclusion Notes
11 4 Communicator in Chief Margaret Thatcher John Major Tony Blair Gordon Brown David Cameron Theresa May Conclusion Notes
12 5 Speaker for Britain Hollowing out the Foreign Office The Prime Minister and foreign policy since the Falklands John Major Tony Blair Gordon Brown David Cameron Theresa May Conclusion Notes
13 6 Election winner The Thatcher effect Nightmare on Murdoch Street Things can only get better? The advent of leader debates Notes
14 Conclusion: the Johnson premiership The Prime Minister in theory An honourable ambition? ‘The leadership Britain deserves’: Johnson at No. 10 Pandemic and pandemonium Notes
15 Bibliography
16 Index
Guide
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7 Preface and acknowledgements
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