"Overall, the picture that emerges from British political history is clear. Beginning in 1832, when Britain was govern…"

"Britain is blessed with a functioning political culture. It is dominated by people who live in London and who have of…"

"British democracy approves the principles of movable party heads and unwaggable national tails."

"This is what you get when you found a political system on the family values of Henry VIII."

"What I have in common with the right hon. Member for Cardiff, South-East (Mr. Callaghan) is that, undeniably, our gen…"

"I know about your [British] system of democracy, but in that system the workers 'hold keys of straw', as an expressio…"

"The House of Lords have only been tolerated all these years because they were thought to be in a comatose condition w…"

"You must handle [the House of Lords] a little more firmly, and the time has come for unflinching and resolute action.…"

"By the Constitution of this United Kingdom, the House of Lords is the Court of Appeal in the last resort, and its dec…"

"The House of Lords, in rejecting the Budget which provides for the national expenditure of the year, are refusing, fo…"