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The Conservative Party and the constitution

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The Conservative Party and the Constitution explores the Conservative Party’s pivotal role in shaping Britain’s constitution, blending tradition with pragmatic reform.
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The Conservative Party and the Constitution examines the profound influence on Britain’s constitutional framework over nearly two centuries. Through rigorous analysis, it traces how Tory leaders navigated parliamentary reform, devolution, and Brexit, balancing tradition with pragmatic adaptation. Drawing on exclusive interviews, archival records, and historical sources, the book reveals the Party’s statecraft and offers fresh insights into the Conservatives’ role in shaping modern governance. Essential for historians, political scientists, and those engaged with British politics, this study illuminates the dynamic interplay of power, ideology, and constitutional change, making it a vital contribution to understanding Britain’s constitutional history.
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Price: £85.00
Pages: 240
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Series: New Perspectives on the Right
Publication Date: 30 June 2026
ISBN: 9781526183118
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:

POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics and government, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, Constitution

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Daniel Pitt is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Buckingham, a Lecturer at the University of Hull and is a Visiting Researcher at Ludovika University

Introduction: The present constitutional crisis
1 Conservative the British Constitution
2 The essence of constitutional Conservatism
3 House of Commons and referendums
4 House of Lords
5 An Inheritance from Baldwin: Local Government and the administrative state
6 Scotland and Wales: Churchill to Sunak
7 Union, England and the West Lothian question
8 Europe and constitutional silence?
9 Human rights or a British bill of rights and the courts
Conclusion: An un-constitutional party?