They will do things for him, but not those things he himself regards as urgent; as Parliament a hundred years ago met the grim problem of urban want by building more churches to the glory of the Lord.
Laski critiques the historical ineffectiveness of Parliament in addressing urgent social issues by highlighting its focus on religious institutions instead.
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He showed that government by discussion can be made to illuminate great principles.
Nor do I see why it is unconstitutional for Labour, as in 1926, to withdraw from work in an orderly and coherent way.
Even Lincoln supported his generals in completely indefensible attacks on civilian rights.
Yet that does not render useless, even for our own day, the kind of work Locke did.
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