The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to sub…

Tom Stoppard
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The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages. ✨ Lord Malquist and Mr Moon (1966) pt. 6. Cf. Rudyard Kipling
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The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages. ✨ Lord Malquist and Mr Moon (1966) pt. 6. Cf. Rudyard Kipling

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