Non, non, non ! Le Combat tory d’Enoch Powell contre les réformes de la Chambre des Lords en 1958 et 1969
Autor: | Stéphane Porion |
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Jazyk: | English<br />French |
Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Zdroj: | Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, Vol 24, Iss 4 (2019) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 0248-9015 2429-4373 |
DOI: | 10.4000/rfcb.5114 |
Popis: | This paper analyses why Enoch Powell opposed the 1958 and 1968-69 reforms of the House of Lords. He started his political career working at the Conservative Research Department that was influenced by the Disraelian legacy, and thus developed a Tory attitude consisting in defending British political institutions. After reading Burke, Powell promoted the principle of prescription to fuel the Tory dimension of Powellism. In addition, he decided to write a history of the House of Lords that he published in 1968. Powell butchered Wilson’s bill in 1968-1969, after forging “an unholy alliance” with some Labour MPs and Michael Foot, which resulted in the Prime Minister’s failure to implement his reform. |
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