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It was ridiculous to describe the Commons as representative of property so long as places like Manchester and Sheffield were virtually disfranchised.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “It was ridiculous to describe the Commons as representative of property so long as places like Manchester and Sheffield…”
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Laski criticizes the representation of the Commons as reflective of property interests when many industrial cities were disenfranchised.
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