David Starkey: The Janus Parliament

Is Parliament's role to be a check on government (as John Bercow believed) or a means of government (as Boris Johnson expects)? In this week's Critic podcast Professor David Starkey distills 750 years of parliamentary history to challenge the notion of a constitutional separation of powers. David's latest article can be found here: https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/march-2020/a-one-sided-view-of-history-that-neuters-parliament/ Right now we're offering 3 months for just £5. Go to thecritic.imbmsubscriptions.com/ for details. --- "Modern Jazz Samba" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (Photo by MJ Kim/Getty Images)