Understanding British Government(s)

Colin Talbot (Professor)

Colin Talbot has almost four decades of experience working on and with governments, not just in Britain but in almost two-dozen…

Course Code: HUM2612

Start Date: 23/02/2026

Day of the Week:

Monday

Session: Afternoon

Delivery method: Centre Only

Length in weeks: 3

Time: 2pm-4pm

Price: £

Here’s a good pub quiz question – how many elected governments are there in the UK?

Answer – about 12,500 – if you include central, devolved, local and parish/community councils. And that’s not including all the unelected forms of government. This short course will explore what all this ‘government’ can, and does, do. For good (yes, it does do good) and ill.