Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Peter Hennessy
Born: March 28, 1947 (age 77)
Bio: Peter John Hennessy, Baron Hennessy of Nympsfield is an English historian and academic specialising in the history of government. Since 1992, he has been Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary University of London.
Known for:
- The secret state (2002)
- Never Again Britain 45/51 (1992)
- Having it so good : Britain in the fifties (2006)
- The prime minister (2000)
- Whitehall (1989)