Quote of the day
No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
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)