The election of Clement Attlee in 1945 proved to be one of the landmarks in British political history, and the four decades since then have seen a fascinating variety of styles of government. In Ruling Performance a group of scholars, journalists and politicians assess the characteristics of each administration since 1945 and the style of each prime minister in the light of Britain's changing role in the world. The contributors are: Paul Addison, Peter Hennessy, Anthony Seldon, John Barnes, Michael Pinto-Duschinsky, David Walker, Dennis Kavanagh, Phillip Whitehead, John Vincent, Tony Benn, Lord Fraser of Kilmorack, David Marquand and David Butler.