Walter Bagehot: “It is a committee which can dissolve the assembly which appointed it…”

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It is a committee which can dissolve the assembly which appointed it; it is a committee with a suspensive veto--a committee with a power of appeal.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot outlines the powers of the Cabinet, including its ability to dissolve the assembly that appointed it.

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