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II. The Scrapping of the Cabinet
Horwill, Herbert W. | January 17, 1920 issue

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In former times, whatever the subject in dispute, there was at least a government policy for the opposition to criticize. One might start from the assumption that the proposals set before the country were a definite plan, hammered out in meetings of a Cabinet which was collectively responsible to the Parliament. For nearly three years that assumption has no longer held. The traditional Cabinet system has been scrapped, and the authoritative text-books on the law and practice of the Constitution, from Walter Bagehot to Lawrence Lowell, have on this topic become obsolete. In these days the utterances and official announcements of ministers are constantly clashing with one another.

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OPPOSITION (Political science); GOVERNMENT policy; MEETINGS; CABINET system; CABINET officers; CONSTITUTIONS
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