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I reply that the voluntary composition of constituencies appears to me inconsistent with the necessary prerequisites of Parliamentary government as they have been just laid down.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot argues that the voluntary composition of constituencies contradicts essential principles of Parliamentary government.
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