Walter Bagehot: “To this the Lords object; wherever it is concerned, they are not…”

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To this the Lords object; wherever it is concerned, they are not impartial revisers, but biassed revisers.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot critiques the bias inherent in the House of Lords' legislative review process.

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Walter Bagehot: “To this the Lords object; wherever it is concerned, they are not impartial revisers, but biassed revisers.”