Why Doesn't Westminster Work?
Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
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The Role of Prime Ministers in British Governance
I think we've got with the House of Commons and the sort of House of Westminster I do find it a bit depressing that rather than thinking we want people to come to these institutions because they're so good at what they do. This is certainly something we'll be thinking about in the context of our Centre Commission. And actually long sentences and prison does work and we just need to clamp down really hard. But I mean I obviously look my last book was called how to be a liberal so you can guess what my position is on criminal justice and short term sentences and things like that but maybe the alternative view is correct.
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