Private Secretaries To The Prime Minister

Author : Andrew Holt,Warren Dockter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317075639

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Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister by Andrew Holt,Warren Dockter Pdf

The importance of the Prime Minister in British foreign policy decision-making has long been noted by historians. However, while much attention has been given to high-level contacts between leaders and to the roles played by the premiers themselves, much less is known about the people advising and influencing them. In providing day-to-day assistance to the Prime Minister, a Private Secretary could wield significant influence on policy outcomes. This book examines the activities of those who advised prime ministers from Winston Churchill (1951–55) to Margaret Thatcher during her first administration (1979–83). Each chapter considers British foreign policy and assesses the influence of the specific advisers. For each office holder, particular attention is paid to a number of key themes. Firstly, their relationship with the Prime Minister is considered. A strong personal relationship of trust and respect could lead to an official wielding much greater influence. This could be especially relevant when an adviser served under two different leaders, often from different political parties. It also helps to shed light on the conduct of foreign policy by each premier. Secondly, the attitudes towards the adviser from the Foreign Office are examined. The Foreign Office traditionally enjoyed great autonomy in the making of British foreign policy and was sensitive to encroachments by Downing Street. Finally, each chapter explores the role of the adviser in the key foreign policy events and discussions of the day. Covering a fascinating 30-year period in post-war British political history, this collection broadens our understanding of the subject, and underlines the different ways influence could be brought to bear on government policy.

Author : Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367348691

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Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister by Taylor & Francis Group Pdf

The importance of the Prime Minister in British foreign policy decision-making has long been noted by historians. However, while much attention has been given to high-level contacts between leaders and to the roles played by the premiers themselves, much less is known about the people advising and influencing them. In providing day-to-day assistance to the Prime Minister, a Private Secretary could wield significant influence on policy outcomes. This book examines the activities of those who advised prime ministers from Winston Churchill (1951-55) to Margaret Thatcher during her first administration (1979-83). Each chapter considers British foreign policy and assesses the influence of the specific advisers. For each office holder, particular attention is paid to a number of key themes. Firstly, their relationship with the Prime Minister is considered. A strong personal relationship of trust and respect could lead to an official wielding much greater influence. This could be especially relevant when an adviser served under two different leaders, often from different political parties. It also helps to shed light on the conduct of foreign policy by each premier. Secondly, the attitudes towards the adviser from the Foreign Office are examined. The Foreign Office traditionally enjoyed great autonomy in the making of British foreign policy and was sensitive to encroachments by Downing Street. Finally, each chapter explores the role of the adviser in the key foreign policy events and discussions of the day. Covering a fascinating 30-year period in post-war British political history, this collection broadens our understanding of the subject, and underlines the different ways influence could be brought to bear on government policy.

Author : J. Lee,G. Jones,J. Burnham
Publisher : Springer
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1998-04-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230377141

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At the Centre of Whitehall by J. Lee,G. Jones,J. Burnham Pdf

This authoritative text examines the arrangements at the centre of Whitehall for advising the British prime minister and Cabinet, especially during the Thatcher and Major governments. The traditional coordinating centre has shifted from the Treasury to the Prime Minister's Office and the Chief Whip's Office in Downing Street, and to the Cabinet Office in Whitehall. Exploration of the separate but interlinking contributions made by these three parts of the centre shows they form a flexible but not entirely adequate support for modern government.

Author : Elizabeth Nel
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-09-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0595911447

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Winston Churchill by His Personal Secretary by Elizabeth Nel Pdf

Elizabeth Nel served as Winston Churchill's personal secretary during World War II. The vivid and human details of her experiences, of her impressions and memories of the irascible and loveable war hero, take up the story of Churchill's life at No. 10 where the BBC's impressive drama, The Gathering Storm, leaves off-when Churchill took over the reins of Government at the outset of the war. Finally, the author, Elizabeth Nel, at 90 years of age, looks back across the years. "Mrs Nel was Mr Churchill's secretary from 1941 to 1945 and her experiences, from the first day of inevitable blunders to the wartime meetings in Canada, the United States, Moscow, Yalta and Casablanca to which she accompanied him, are told with a modest restraint."-The Times Literary Supplement "She was by his side when Germany attacked Russia; when Pearl Harbour, the fall of Tobruk and Arnhem occurred. But somehow the distant roar of guns is dimmed by the sweat of being Mr Churchill's secretary."-Daily Express "It is a personal book, but one that shows the great admiration Churchill was able to inspire in those who worked with him."-New York Herald Tribune

Author : Thailand. Samnak Rātchalēkhāthikān
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Royal household
ISBN : UOM:39015028885757

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The Office of His Majesty's Principal Private Secretary by Thailand. Samnak Rātchalēkhāthikān Pdf

On history of Thailand's Office of His Majesty's Principal Private Secretary in Thai and English versions; includes pertinent acts, etc.

Author : Ayesha Hazarika,Tom Hamilton
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781785903588

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Punch and Judy Politics by Ayesha Hazarika,Tom Hamilton Pdf

Prime Minister's Questions is the bear pit of British politics. Watched and admired around the world, it is often hated at home for bringing out the worst in our politicians. Yet despite successive leaders trying to get away from Punch and Judy politics, it's here to stay. Ayesha Hazarika and Tom Hamilton spent five years preparing Ed Miliband for the weekly joust, living through the highs and lows, tension and black humour of the political front line. In this insightful and often hilarious book, including an updated afterword discussing the key events of 2018, they lift the lid on PMQs and what it's really like to ready the leader for combat. Drawing on personal recollections from key players including Tony Blair, David Cameron, Harriet Harman, William Hague and Vince Cable alongside their unique knowledge, Hazarika and Hamilton take you behind the scenes of some of the biggest PMQs moments.

Author : Anthony King,Anthony Stephen King
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0822306344

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The British Prime Minister by Anthony King,Anthony Stephen King Pdf

The British prime minister is universally acknowledged to be the most powerful single individual in the British system of government, but very little is known about what goes on behind the closed door at #10 Downing Street. As Anthony King points out, there are few articles—let alone books—on the prime ministership available to students of British politics either in the UK or the US. As the preface to the American edition states, while the British prime minister and the American president "do resemble each other in some ways, it is important right at the start to recognize the profound differences between them."

Author : J.A. G. Griffith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000562569

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From Policy to Administration by J.A. G. Griffith Pdf

First published in 1976, From Policy to Administration is not the conventional Festschrift written by many hands on many unrelated subjects- rather it is a tight collection of essays conceived and written around a unified theme. From one point of view, policy and administration are at two opposite ends of the governmental spectrum; but at the same time both are aspects of almost every single government activity and the essays in this book set out to reflect this apparent paradox. Dr Jones finds symptoms of it at the administrative heart of the policy making machine while Professor Friedrich looks at the nature of that machine and its relation to democratic forms. Four central essays by Professors Bernard Crick, Peter Self, John Mackintosh and Mr Sharpe, link policy making and administration to the controversies about participation, decentralisation, and devolution. Mr Foster considers the public corporation as a dynamic instrument concerned with the problem of efficiency. The book concludes with essays by Professors Mitchell and Griffith on the involvement of legal processes in the structure and functioning of policy and administration. The book does not attempt to cover all of William Robson’s interests. It is a mark of the versatility of his genius that no book could do that and remain unified. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of public administration and political studies.

Author : Ian Hancock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1925826554

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Ainsley Gotto by Ian Hancock Pdf

In 1968 the new Prime Minister, John Gorton, appointed Ainsley Gotto, aged 22, as his principal private secretary. Ainsley became one of the most talked-about young women in Australia. Hitherto, no woman had been so close to the centre of power, and certainly none was known publicly to be so close. Ainsley refused to see herself as a role model for secretaries and said she could not understand what the Women's Liberation Movement was all about. She thought her performance in the job answered the senior public servants, conservative Liberal politicians and some business leaders who considered it inappropriate that 'a mere girl' should exercise 'power and influence'. In November 1969, when Dudley Erwin was dumped from the Gorton ministry, he memorably and wrongly identified the cause of his removal: 'it wiggles, it's shapely and its name is Ainsley Gotto.' Ainsley became a celebrity, renamed in the tabloid press as 'Miss Wiggle' or 'The Wiggle'. Leaving Gorton in 1972 Ainsley took several jobs in what she called her 'afterlife'. Remaining obsessively private, Ainsley was a great networker in a national and international setting, and her diaries are full of meetings with the rich, the powerful, the titled and the very interesting. Yet, although Ainsley's connections, sharp mind and social skills opened many doors, she needed more than her 'unique experience' of government to replicate the excitement and fulfilment of her years with Gorton. This book describes and explains Ainsley's rise from a typing pool and shows how the Gorton years provided her with many opportunities but ill-equipped her to take advantage of them and probably cost her lasting personal happiness.

Author : Andrew Blick
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781849546409

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At Power's Elbow by Andrew Blick Pdf

Discreet, inconspicuous, prudent... The perfect prime-ministerial aide is always in the background, a low-profile figure unknown outside the Westminster bubble. Unfortunately, reality often falls short of the ideal; for as long as the office of Prime Minister has existed, its occupants have been supported by a range of colourful individuals who have garnered public interest, controversy and criticism. At Power's Elbow tells their story for the first time, uncovering the truth behind three centuries' worth of prime ministers and their aides. Its subjects range from the early media-managers and election-fixers of Sir Robert Walpole, to the teams supporting the wartime premierships of David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill, to the semi-official 'Department of the Prime Minister' established under Tony Blair. Along the way, Andrew Blick and George Jones demonstrate how these essential advisers can be a source of both solace and strife to their chiefs, solving and causing problems in almost equal measure. Above all, they reveal how a Prime Minister's approach to his staff can define his premiership, for better or for worse.

Author : 行政院研考會
Publisher : 中華民國政府出版品
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Civil service ethics
ISBN : 9789860147193

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統合性政府倫理法制之研究(中冊:附錄1至附錄3-4) by 行政院研考會 Pdf

Author : Kenji Hayao
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1993-01-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0822971577

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The Japanese Prime Minister and Public Policy by Kenji Hayao Pdf

Despite the undeniable importance of Japan in world affairs, both politically and economically, the office of the Japanese prime minister has recieved far less attention from scholars than have the top political offices in other advanced industrialized democracies. This book is the first major systemic analysis of the Japanese prime minister’s role and influence in the policy process. Kenji Hayao argues that the Japanese prime minister can play a major if not critical role in bringing about a change in policy. In Japan the prime minister’s style is different from what is considered usual for parliamentary leaders: rather than being strong and assertive, he tends to be reactive. How did the role develop in this way? If he is not a major initiator of policy change, how and under what conditions can the prime minister make his impact felt? Finally, what are the consequences of this rather weak leadership? In answering these questions, Professor Hayao presents two case studies (educational reform and reform of the tax system) involving Nakasone Yasuhiro to see how he be became involved in the policy issues and how he affected the process. Hayao then examines a number of broad forces that seem important in explaining the prime minister’s role in the policy process: how a leader is chosen; his relationships with other important actors in the political system - the political parties and the subgovernments; and the structure of his “inner” staff and advisors.

Author : Bernard Ingham
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781785904950

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The Slow Downfall of Margaret Thatcher by Bernard Ingham Pdf

Branded 'the rough-spoken Yorkshire Rasputin', Bernard Ingham served as Margaret Thatcher's press secretary for virtually all of her eleven-year premiership, adroitly steering the government's relationship with the media – and the Prime Minister's relationship with the nation. Known for his unswerving loyalty, he robustly defended Thatcher from her critics in both the press and the political jungle, earning him friends and foes in equal measure, as she went on to win three consecutive elections. Thatcher's last days in power, however, saw some of the most remarkable events in British political history, and Ingham was, for once, helpless to turn the tide. These eagerly anticipated diaries cover two turbulent years from January 1989 to December 1990 – a period Ingham terms 'the long, slow assassination' – detailing the succession of crises that led to the Prime Minister's resignation in November 1990, and the critical roles played by the big political beasts of the time. With his trademark gruff candour and wry wit, Ingham's spirited diaries shed new light on Thatcher's final months in No. 10, charting the dramatic downfall of one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century.

Author : Graham P. Thomas
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Cabinet officers
ISBN : 0719039517

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Prime Minister and Cabinet Today by Graham P. Thomas Pdf

This comprehensive account of a crucial but rather neglected aspect of British government examines the role and significance of the prime minister and cabinet today.

Author : R.L. Borthwick,Martin Burch,Philip Giddings
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315481517

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Churchill to Major: The British Prime Ministership since 1945 by R.L. Borthwick,Martin Burch,Philip Giddings Pdf

This text summarizes the research on, and experiences of, democratic legislatures around the world. It focuses on what legislatures are and what they do - as both consequence of and contributor to democratic self-government.