However, it was not to be managed; and the leaders of the Opposition are bound to put up with the closeness of Jimmy's companionship.
[Sidenote: Mr.Lowther's intellect.] Again I repeat, obstruction is a matter not of intellect, but temperament.

Intellectually, I should put Jimmy in a very low place, even in the ranks of the stupid party.

Temperamentally he stands very high.

A brief description of his methods of obstruction will bring this home.

First, it should be said that he is entirely inarticulate and, beyond rough common sense, destitute of ideas.