Walter Bagehot: “It chooses rulers as we wish rulers to be chosen.”

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It chooses rulers as we wish rulers to be chosen.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot asserts that the House of Commons chooses leaders in a manner consistent with public expectations.

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