To what extent has the Blair premiership validated the Crossman thesis?

In 1963 a Labour MP, Richard Crossman wrote an introduction to a new edition of 'The English Constitution' (1867). In his introduction he outlines his argument for the development of the British premiership from the traditional 'primus inter pares' to a presidentialism. In this essay I am going to show that the Blair premiership does not validate the Crossman thesis, it instead continues the long running trend of strengthening the office of prime minister. Crossman believed that …

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