Coalition scenarios for the UK election
So with a week to go until polling day and the polls still suggesting the possibility of a hung Parliament as the result of the gripping election campaign currently underway in Britain, this is as good...
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After the vote: electoral reform
I have been wondering how the road to reform of the British electoral system might play out. Assume Thursday’s vote gives the Liberal Democrats sufficient power to extract a pledge from one of the...
View ArticleAfter the vote: how would coalition negotiations work? (updated)
So we’ve looked at the composition of a potential coalition government, how a coalition might change policymaking in Whitehall, and what it might mean for electoral reform. But what about the most...
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After the vote – politics in an age of uncertainty
It’s a fitting end to the British general election. We have had thirty years of entrenched majorities – as a dominant party defined the terms of the debate, and the media made sure the opposition...
View ArticleAfter the vote: negotiate first with your base
One lesson I took from from the Northern Irish peace process was that, when building a complex agreement, trouble results if any party forgets this rule: the first negotiation is with your own base....
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After the vote – what if we’re snookered?
A week ago, when I tried to map the outcomes that would follow a close UK general election, I found it hard to find any easy path to the Lib Dems getting their primary goal – electoral reform with...
View ArticleCoalition scenarios for the UK election
So with a week to go until polling day and the polls still suggesting the possibility of a hung Parliament as the result of the gripping election campaign currently underway in Britain, this is as good...
View ArticleClik here to view.
After the vote: electoral reform
I have been wondering how the road to reform of the British electoral system might play out. Assume Thursday’s vote gives the Liberal Democrats sufficient power to extract a pledge from one of the...
View ArticleAfter the vote: how would coalition negotiations work? (updated)
So we’ve looked at the composition of a potential coalition government, how a coalition might change policymaking in Whitehall, and what it might mean for electoral reform. But what about the most...
View ArticleClik here to view.
After the vote – politics in an age of uncertainty
It’s a fitting end to the British general election. We have had thirty years of entrenched majorities – as a dominant party defined the terms of the debate, and the media made sure the opposition...
View ArticleAfter the vote: negotiate first with your base
One lesson I took from from the Northern Irish peace process was that, when building a complex agreement, trouble results if any party forgets this rule: the first negotiation is with your own base....
View ArticleClik here to view.
After the vote – what if we’re snookered?
A week ago, when I tried to map the outcomes that would follow a close UK general election, I found it hard to find any easy path to the Lib Dems getting their primary goal – electoral reform with...
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