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At first Parliament did not know how to exercise it; the organisation of parties and the appointment of Cabinets by parties grew up in the manner Macaulay has described so well.
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Walter Bagehot
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He discusses the initial confusion in Parliament regarding its new powers and the eventual development of party organization.
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