A Plea for Parliamentary Government

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A Plea for Parliamentary Government
Edward Melland
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4. The monopoly of all legislation of importance by the Government, and the obligation on their part to resign in the event of an adverse vote on any of their measures, may be considered together. The words of Blackstone are still true that: Whenever the power of making and that of enforcing the laws are united together, there can be no public liberty. . . . Where the legislative and executive authority are in distinct hands, the former will take care not to entrust the latter with so large a p
...ower as may tend to the subversion of its own independence, and there- with of the liberty of the subject. (Commentaries, Book I, Chap. II. ) This evil is aggravated in various ways when, as has been the Case for many years, the life of the Government PARTY GOVERNMENT 19 depends mainly on its success with its legislative measures. Administration, which should be its real busi- ness, must then take a secondary place. When Ministers have to spend most of their time fighting for their lives in the House, attending Cabinet meetings and generally working to " keep the Party together, " they cannot pos- sibly obtain a good grasp of the details of their Depart- ments and keep them under proper control.

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