It is easy to imagine a House of Commons which is discontented with all statesmen, which is contented with none, which is made up of little parties, which votes in small knots, which will adhere steadily to no leader, which gives every leader a chance and a hope.
Bagehot describes a hypothetical discontented House of Commons with fragmented loyalties.
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