Walter Bagehot: “And therefore party is inherent in it, is bone of its bone, and breath…”

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And therefore party is inherent in it, is bone of its bone, and breath of its breath.

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Bagehot discusses the intrinsic role of political parties in the English Constitution.

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Walter Bagehot: “And therefore party is inherent in it, is bone of its bone, and breath of its breath.”