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Informality and Circumscription: The Blair Style of Government in War and Peace
Author(s) -
HENNESSY PETER
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the political quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-923X
pISSN - 0032-3179
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-923x.2005.00651.x
Subject(s) - cabinet (room) , principle of legality , circumscription , style (visual arts) , government (linguistics) , law , political science , spanish civil war , history , public administration , archaeology , philosophy , artificial intelligence , computer science , linguistics
In the latest of his periodic 'overflights' of the Blair style of government since 1997, Peter Hennessy examines the significance of the 2004 Butler Report (on intelligence and weapons of mass destruction prior to the Iraq War) for Tony Blair both as war premier and also as an indicator of his governing practices in general. He concludes that the Cabinet's overall performance on the road to war was seriously inadequate, and is especially critical of its failure to test out fully the Attorney General's opinion in the legality of the war.