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Tuesday Book: The indiscreet charm of the bureaucracy The Power Behind the Prime Minister: the hidden influence of number ten by Dennis Kavanagh and Anthony Sheldon (HarperCollins, pounds 19.99)
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The Independent - London
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November 23, 1999
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Copyright informationCopyright 1999 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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AT LEAST The Powers Behind the Prime Minister makes one thing
plain. The Downing Street machine - even driven by New Labour's super-
charged engine of innovation and enterprise - does not have much
influence on the progress of government. Prime Ministers impress
their personal stamp on those who work most closely with them. Edward
Heath's apparent indifference to the arts of communication was a
trial to his political advisers. Harold Wilson took his formal
parliamentary duties seriously (even in his listless second term).
Jim Callaghan detested conducting business on the wing, and Mrs
Thatcher proved to be one of the most strong- minded occupants of No
10.
That should not come as much of a ...
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