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Everyone in England is aware of the grim, practical limitations under which parliamentary sovereignty operates; no one, I believe, finds humiliation in limits such as we know.
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski points out that the practical limitations of parliamentary sovereignty are well understood and not seen as humiliating by the public.
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