1. Alastair Campbell, Director of Communications and Strategy, Prime Minister’s Office, zitiert nach Financial Times, 10. 5. 2002, S.9
2. Vgl. auch: James, Simon (1992): British Cabinet Government, London, New York, S. 198ff
3. Burch, Martin/Holliday, Ian (1989): The Prime Minister’s and Cabinet Offices: An Executive Office in All But Name, in: Parliamentary Affairs 52(1), 1999, S. 32–45.
4. Zur Vorgeschichte vgl. auch: Hennessy, Peter (2001): Whitehall, London, u.a. S. 382ff
5. Smith, Martin J.(1999): The Core Executive in Britain, Basingstoke, London, S. 171ff;