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How Britain’s Government Became Unaccountable | David Starkey
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5:50Now PlayingDavid Starkey argues Britain’s crisis is not the product of a few incompetent leaders but a systemic failure dating back to the Blair era, when power was increasingly shifted away from Parliament and voters toward judges, experts and unaccountable institutions.
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Dr. David Starkey CBE is a British historian, broadcaster and commentator, best known for his work on the English monarchy. Starkey was presented with the Norton Medlicott Medal for Services to History by Britain's Historical Association. He is Honorary Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and the author of historical non-fiction including Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne and Monarchy: The History of England and Her Rulers from the Tudors to the Windsors.
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