Who runs this place? : the anatomy of Britain in the 21st century / Anthony Sampson
Material type:
TextPublisher: London : John Murray, 2005Description: xiv, 427 pagesContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0719565669
- 320.941
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-3394) and index.
House of Commons : the will-o'-the-wisp
House of Lords : the pleasures of patronage
Monarchy : the fading fairyland
Political parties : the vanishing voters
Trades unions : the lost voices
Prime Minister : outside the building
Cabinet : the broken buckle
Whitehall : the end of a profession
Treasury : government by stealth
Diplomats : democracy doesn't mix
Secret Service : security v. accountability
Defence : the cold monster
Lawyers : guarding the guardians
Academia : the retreat of the wise men
Broadcasters : controlling the uncontrollable
The press : unelected legislators
Bankers : ungentlemanly capitalism
Bank of England : the vanishing eyebrows
Pension funds : dreams and nightmares
Privatised industries : people's capitalists?
Corporations : the abdication of the English
Accountants : who audits the auditors?
Directors : the cats and the cream
The new rich : final reckoning
Who runs this place?
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