Hansard

Hansard
Author: Simon Woods
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2019-09-26
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0571355447

Hansard; noun The official report of all parliamentary debates. It's a summer's morning in 1988 and Tory politician Robin Hesketh has returned home to the idyllic Cotswold house he shares with his wife of 30 years, Diana. But all is not as blissful as it seems. Diana has a stinking hangover, a fox is destroying the garden, and secrets are being dug up all over the place. As the day draws on, what starts as gentle ribbing and the familiar rhythms of marital sparring quickly turns to blood-sport. A witty and devastating new play. Hansard premiered at the National Theatre, London, in August 2019.

The Politics of Parliamentary Debate

The Politics of Parliamentary Debate
Author: Sven-Oliver Proksch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2015
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 110707276X

This book explains how parties and their members of parliament structure parliamentary debate, providing novel insights into intra-party politics and representation.

The Monarchy and the Constitution

The Monarchy and the Constitution
Author: Vernon Bogdanor
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 341
Release: 1995-11-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0198277695

In the increasingly questioning world of the 1990s, the role of the monarchy in a democracy is again coming under scrutiny. Its critics argue that the monarchy is a profoundly conservative institution which serves to inhibit social change; that it has outlived its usefulness; that it symbolizes and reinforces deference and hierachy; and that its radical reform is therefore long overdue.Rejecting these arguments Vernon Bogdanor makes a powerful case for the positive role that monarchy plays in modern democratic politics. Ranging across law, politics, and history he argues that far from undermining democracy, the monarchy sustains and strengthens democratic institutions; that constitutional monarchy is a form of government that ensures not conservatism but legitimacy.The first serious examination of the political role of the monarchy to appear in many years, this book will make fascinating reading for all those interested in the monarchy and the future of British politics.

The Parliamentary Register

The Parliamentary Register
Author: Great Britain Parliament
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 844
Release: 2019-03-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781010630159

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