Which Cabinet would have a right to retain power?
The sole answer is--neither.

The proposed plan, in short, undermines our whole scheme of government.
_Thirdly_.

The Irish members who are now simply Irish members of the Imperial Parliament will be transformed into a very different thing--an Irish delegation.

The importance of this change cannot be over-rated.
The essential merit of our present system of government is that the Executive, no less than the Parliament of the United Kingdom, represents the country as a whole.

Our Premier may be a Scotsman, but we know of no such thing as a Scottish Premier.