Between the compulsory list whom he must take, and the impossible list whom he cannot take, a Prime Minister's independent choice in the formation of a Cabinet is not very large; it extends rather to the division of the Cabinet offices than to the choice of Cabinet Ministers.
Bagehot elaborates on the constrained choices a Prime Minister faces when forming a Cabinet.
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