Walter Bagehot: “The only answer to the cry against constituencies WITHOUT inhabitants…”

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The only answer to the cry against constituencies WITHOUT inhabitants was to transfer their power to constituencies WITH inhabitants.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot suggests that transferring power to populated constituencies is a solution to representation issues.

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Walter Bagehot: “The only answer to the cry against constituencies WITHOUT inhabitants was to transfer their power to constituencies WITH…”