Making the Weather

Vernon Bogdanor CBE is professor of government at the Institute of Contemporary British History, King’s College London. He was for many years professor of government at Oxford University. He is a fellow of the British Academy, the Royal Historical Society and the Academy of Social Sciences. He is a frequent contributor to TV, radio and the press and was the BBC’s academic expert on the 2016 referendum programme. He has written a number of books on constitutional and political history, including Beyond Brexit and The Strange Survival of Liberal Britain.

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• Introduction // 11. Aneurin Bevan and Democratic Socialism // 112. Enoch Powell and the Sovereignty of Parliament // 573. Roy Jenkins and Social Democracy // 1234. Keith Joseph and the Market Economy // 1695. Tony Benn and Participatory Democracy // 2156. Nigel Farage and Brexit // 257Conclusion // 297Suggestions for Further Reading // 306Acknowledgements // 311Index // 312