Anthony Seldon, "The Impossible Office?: The History of the British Prime Minister" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
New Books in Early Modern History
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The Prime Minister's Overwork
The Prime Minister's overwork and doesn't have enough time for strategic thinking or relaxing. The term of the churn of foreign policy work needs to be done by somebody else rather than healing team second, he or she in 13. Number 10 needs to be much more professional - cronies get prized and vexed when they're not doing their job. There is a need to be more women, more people colour more people from across the country, not just from the south east of England. If you wanted people to take one thing away from your books or Anthony’s what would it be?
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