[A Leap in the Dark by A.V. Dicey]@TWC D-Link bookA Leap in the Dark INTRODUCTION 5/13
The truth of this statement is indisputable. The legal right of the majority of the House of Commons to pass any bill whatever into law, even though the House of Lords refuse its assent, is absolutely secured by the very terms of the Parliament Bill.
That the leaders of the Coalition, such as Mr.Asquith, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr.John Redmond, will press their legal right to its extreme limits is proved to any man who knows how to read the teaching of history, by the experience of 1893.
Mr. Gladstone used every power he possessed, and used it unscrupulously, to drive a Home Rule Bill through the House of Commons.
He was a man trained in the historical traditions of Parliament.
He assuredly did not relish the use of the closure and the guillotine.
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