Could It Happen Here?: The Day a Prime Minister Refuses to Resign - Couverture souple

Hennessy, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1914979184 ISBN 13 : 9781914979187

Editeur : Haus Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

'[A] concise, intriguing book' – Telegraph

Does the UK’s constitution sufficiently protect our democracy from a rogue prime minister?

In light of the resurgence of the far Right across Europe and some of the rhetoric of the 2024 General Election, which carried whiffs of political authoritarianism, Could It Happen Here? explores the possible consequences of a British prime minister refusing to leave office.

Mapping out the processes which might occur after such an eventuality, the responsibilities of key players in the UK’s democratic system, and the integrity of that system after years of stress, Hennessy and Blick analyse the UK’s ‘unwritten’ constitution and provide a crucial recommendation for protecting and strengthening the resilience of our parliamentary democracy.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Andrew Blick is professor of politics and contemporary history in the department of political economy, King’s College London, where he co-directs the Centre for British Democracy. He is the author of books including Electrified Democracy: The Internet and the United Kingdom Parliament in History and Beyond Magna Carta: A Constitution for the United Kingdom. Before entering academia, he worked in the UK Parliament and at Number 10 Downing Street. His PhD on the history of special advisers in UK government was supervised by Peter Hennessy. He is director of the Constitution Society, an educational charity for the promotion of knowledge of constitutional issues. His books for Haus include The Bonfire of the Decencies: Repairing and Restoring the British Constitution, co-authored with Peter Hennessy.

Peter Hennessy is Attlee professor of contemporary British history at Queen Mary University of London. He is the author of several books including a postwar trilogy (Never Again: Britain 1945–51; Having It So Good: Britain in the Fifties; Winds of Change: Britain in the Early Sixties). His most recent work is On the Back of an Envelope: A Life in Writing. He is a fellow of the British Academy and an honorary fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge. He sits in the House of Lords as an independent crossbench peer.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Haus Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1914979184
• ISBN 13: 9781914979187
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 94
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Edoardo Braschi; gpsr@hauspublishing.com; ; Via Dino Camapana 2B; San Piero a Sieve; 50038; Italie