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coalition government Articles

Coalition: The Inside Story of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government

‘They’re all useless bastards’, was an agreed spoiled vote in David Laws’ Yeovil constituency in 2010. Fast forward five years and it was the public’s reaction to the Liberal Democrats after half a decade of power. Having read Laws’ first book, 22 days in May, I was...

Is Labour throwing the Lib Dems a lifeline?

In his seminal study in 1935, George Dangerfield wrote that the Liberal landslide of 1906 was a victory from which the party never recovered. Over a hundred years since, from a party that held the office of the deputy prime minister and was in a stable coalition...

A world where ambition is limited only by imagination

The Department for International Development is the second largest donor to developing countries in the entire world. Under Labour, Britain led and inspired the world’s approach to international development through innovation, advocacy and international partnerships....

Could minority government lead to ‘pork barrel’ politics?

British politics loves to borrow from American politics. Whether their rallies, their slogans or their advisers, if something is happening across the pond, it seems we just cannot help but want a piece of the action. One thing it seems we have never been tempted by...