The greater you make the SENSE of the Lords, the more they will see that their plain interest is to make friends of the plutocracy, and to be the chiefs of it, and not to wish to oppose the Commons where that plutocracy rules.
Bagehot asserts that the House of Lords should align with the plutocracy to safeguard their interests and avoid opposing the Commons.
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