The English constitution
by Walter Bagehot · first published 1867
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Bagehots "The English Constitution" is freely available on-line at gutenberg.org (among other places). It makes the useful distinction between the efficient and ceremonial parts of government. At the time it was written, the House of Lords…
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on “As Leaks Multiply, Fears of a ‘Deep State’ in America” ↗…personification of the nation (“India is Indira and Indira is India”). That cannot happen in the UK because the PM is merely a temporary caretaker appointed by the monarch. The symbolism matters. Source: The English Constitution by Walter Bagehot (1867)
on “Prince Philip has died” ↗…United States has remained largely constant from the Bush Administration to the Obama Administration. This continuity can be explained by the “double government” theory of the 19th-century scholar of the English Constitution, Walter Bagehot. As applied to the United States, Bagehot’s theory suggests that U.S. national security policy is defined by the network of executive officials who manage the departments and agencies…
on “The Government’s Addiction to ‘Secret Law’” ↗UBI reminds me of Bagehot's statement on the English Constitution being split into two parts: the dignified and the efficient. It's also useful to think about the economy as being divided in two halves: one that keeps people alive by making available basics like food…
on “Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0” ↗As Walter Bagehot wrote in The English Constitution: "An ancient and ever-altering constitution is like an old man who still wears with attached fondness clothes in the fashion of his youth: what you see of him is the same; what you do not see is wholly…
on “Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years” ↗