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And it does not take a clever man to see that systematic opposition of the Commons is the only thing which can endanger the Lords, or which will make an individual peer cease to be a peer.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot argues that systematic opposition to the Commons poses a threat to the House of Lords and its members' status.
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