It comes to this: that he tells the House of Commons, ‘Unless you are prepared to put some one in my place, your duty is to do whatever I bid you.’ To no House of Commons has language of this kind ever been addressed; by no House of Commons would it be tolerated.
Morley condemns the authoritative tone taken by a leader towards the House of Commons, highlighting the importance of parliamentary independence.
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This is no mere case of barren wrangle and verbal recrimination.
Fitness is henceforth to be the criterion of eligibility.
Do not weary or fret or nag him with your superior wisdom.
But they were barren of any institutions by which the country could be governed and kept in prosperity for the future.”(166) This is a statement of the case that biographer and historian alike should ponder.
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