Walter Bagehot: “And if you begin to agitate about it, to bawl at meetings about it…”

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And if you begin to agitate about it, to bawl at meetings about it, that deference is gone, its particular charm lost, its reserved sanctity gone.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot warns that public agitation can erode the deference traditionally held towards the House of Lords.

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Walter Bagehot: “And if you begin to agitate about it, to bawl at meetings about it, that deference is gone, its particular charm lost…”