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On writing contemporary electoral history; power in British political parties - iron law or special pleading? whatever happened to consensus politics? is Thatcherism conservatism? making sense of Thatcher; must labour lose - again? ideology, sociology and labour's strategy; do we need a centre party? crisis - charisma and British political leadership the case of Winston Churchill; Enoch Powell - vision and waste; the rise and fall of Tony Benn - nuisance or conscience? the deferential English - a comparative critique; an American science of British politics; from gentlemen to players - changes in political leadership; the timing of electronics - fair play or fiddle? the monarchy in contemporary political culture.