I agree entirely with my right hon. Friend. I was not going to quote Churchill, but it seems to me that that is a problem that he correctly identified in 1931—the disproportionate weighting that the system would give to the views of those who are idiotic or ridiculous.
Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Money) (No. 3)
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Dominic Grieve
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 9 February 2010.
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