Philip Norton

“It is not only the environment external to the executive that is complex and not always (if ever) harmonious. The same may be said of the executive itself. It comprises a tangled web of bodies, powers, and relationships that, in practice, are not easy to discern. They confuse any attempt to delineate clearly how policy is formulated”
― Philip Norton, British Polity, The, CourseSmart eTextbook

“out” party in politics. It was transformed into a national party under the leadership of Benjamin Disraeli. He had to devise an appeal that made the party relevant to the problems of the day. This he did: To the corpus of Conservative beliefs he added adherence to the notion of One Nation—that is, One Nation at Home and One Nation Abroad. Domestically, this meant that the party would not divide the nation in the interests of one class but would look after the interest”
― Philip Norton, British Polity, The, CourseSmart eTextbook