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The duty of an Opposition [is] very simple…to oppose everything, and propose nothing.

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Definition of an independent Member of Parliament, viz. one that could not be depended upon.

Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

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Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

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Born: March 29, 1799
Died: October 23, 1869 (aged 70)
Bio: Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby was a British statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and to date the longest serving leader of the Conservative Party.

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