Walter Bagehot: “The very nature of Parliamentary government answers for the discovery…”

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The very nature of Parliamentary government answers for the discovery of substantial incompetence.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot believes that the nature of Parliamentary government facilitates the identification of incompetence.

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Walter Bagehot: “The very nature of Parliamentary government answers for the discovery of substantial incompetence.”