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Walter Bagehot: This is very much the reason why our old rights of suffrage were so various; the Government let whatever people happened…

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This is very much the reason why our old rights of suffrage were so various; the Government let whatever people happened to be the strongest in each town choose the members.
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Walter Bagehot

Editor's note · Context

Bagehot explains the variability of suffrage rights in England due to local power dynamics.

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