Abstract
Abstract Bradfield might have been speaking for MPs. Before we can dismiss the House of Commons as powerless, however, we must look more carefully at what power means and how it can be analysed. Further, we must decide how power can be described and evaluated in legislative parties. In the debate about the meaning of power, a number of writers have distinguished between power, influence, authority, and a number of related concepts. For the purpose of this chapter I shall make no such distinction; when I ask about the influence of the parliamentary parties over policy, most of the points made about the concept of power also apply. If a distinction has to be made I shall point it out.
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