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Hutton and Butler
Lifting the Lid on the Workings of Power
Edited by W. G. Runciman
142 pages
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234x156mm
978-0-19-726329-7
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Paperback
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21 October 2004
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- Lays bare the workings of Government and the media
These essays offer penetrating insights into the events and controversies that have dominated the news agenda for the last two years.
Never has the path to a British war been mapped so fully and swiftly as the road to Baghdad in 2002-3. Between them, the Hutton and Butler reports lifted the lid on the most intimate workings of Government and those who strive to convert information into a weapon - whether they be a Prime Minister in Downing Street, an MI6 agent in the field, an intelligence analyst in Whitehall, or a journalist attempting to fuse fragments into hard
copy.
Within days of Lord Butler reporting on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, on British intelligence assessments of their quantity and lethality and on the ingredients of the Blair Cabinet's decision to go to war, the British Academy brought together a distinguished group of scholars and practitioners to probe the deeper themes at play in the rush of events and inquests. The essays examine: the legal issues raised by the manner and content of Lord Hutton's inquiry; the light both Hutton and Butler shed on the Blair style of Government; and the matter of trust between Government, the governed and the news media.
This volume will be compulsory reading for anyone interested in current affairs and the realities of decision-making at the
highest levels of Government.Readership: Politicians, civil servants, lawyers, journalists and all others interested in current events
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Edited by W. G. Runciman, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; and President of the British Academy Contributors:
Professor William Twining, QC, FBA, Research Professor of Law, University College London
The Hon Michael Beloff, QC, President of Trinity College, Oxford
Professor Peter Hennessy, FBA, Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History, Queen Mary, London
Lord Wilson of Dinton, Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Secretary of the Cabinet (1998-2002)
Baroness O'Neill, FBA, Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge
John Lloyd, Editor, Financial Times magazine
Sir
Michael Quinlan, Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence (1988-1992)
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"A thoughtful and dispassionate analysis of the issues most in question." - Philip Ziegler, The Spectator "A succinct volume of essays." - Peter Riddell, The Times
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Notes on Contributors
Editor's Preface
1: W. G. RUNCIMAN: What We Know Now
2: WILLIAM TWINING: The Hutton Inquiry: Some Wider Legal Aspects
MICHAEL BELOFF: Discussion
3: PETER HENNESSY: The Lightning Flash on the Road to Baghdad: Issues of Evidence
RICHARD WILSON: Discussion
4: ONORA O'NEILL: Accuracy, Independence, and Trust
JOHN LLOYD: Discussion
5: MICHAEL QUINLAN: Lessons for Governmental Process
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