The evolving role of Prime Minister
Episode 30, Apr 08, 2021, 05:00 AM
It is 300 years ago this month that Robert Walpole became prime minister of Great Britain. In this edition of Black's History Week, Walpole's biographer, Professor Jeremy Black, talks to The Critic's political editor, Graham Stewart, about how the role of prime minister evolved in its first one-and-a-half centuries.
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Image: Portrait of Sir Robert Walpole. The first Prime Minister of Great Britain.(Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
Music: Radetzky March by Human Symphony Orchestra (premiumbeat.com)
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