We have to frame such tacit rules, to establish such ruling but unenacted customs, as will make the House of Lords yield to the Commons when and as often as our new Constitution requires that it should yield.
Bagehot emphasizes the need for unwritten rules to ensure the House of Lords submits to the Commons under the new Constitution.
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The moderate people of every party must combine to support the Government which, on the whole, suits every party best.
If the above reasoning be sound, compulsory constituencies are necessary, voluntary constituencies destructive; the optional transferability of votes is not a salutary aid, but a ruinous innovation.
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