Roy Jenkins has provided a fine set of essays on his predecessors as Chancellor of the Exchequer from Lord Randolph Churchill to Hugh Dalton which provide much reflection on British politics of the twentieth century. It is spoilt by poor editing with some long and unwieldy sentences. It also lacks a table of Prime Ministers and their Chancellors. Although it falls short of what it might have been, nonetheless this is a good read.
(Pamela Jaunin - bwl 4 July 2000 ) |
