The failure of the May 2010 negotiations between the Liberal Democrats and Labour on forming an alternative coaltion will be debated for years to come. Jonathan Hopkin considers some of the deeper-lying issues and historical patterns in the two parties’ working together
The Lib-Lab Pact examines the only formal cross-party understanding at Westminster between 1945-2010...
Insider and journalistic accounts of the formation in May 2010 of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat ...
While the leaders of the main parties take the weekend to negotiate, Simon Bastow discusses the Libe...
There has been intensive speculation about how Conservative and Liberal Democrat voters will react t...
Coalition politics remains relatively unfamiliar to British politicians, despite the experience of t...
In 2010 many predicted that Britain’s first post-war coalition government would not last to 2015 and...
In 2010 many predicted that Britain’s first post-war coalition government would not last to 2015 and...
The UK’s first coalition government during peacetime since 1945 ended with the electoral decimation ...
After the major defeats for the Liberal Democrats in the recent Council Elections and the AV referen...
The Westminster model is recognized the world over as delivering strong, stable one-party government...
In this post, Kristi Winters and Edzia Carvalho explain that, for all the criticisms, few participan...
The Conservative-Liberal Government represents a new period in British politics. The Coalition broug...
The Liberal Democrats’ performance in the 2015 general election provides an opportunity to examine t...
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg claims that there have been “no deals and understandings” with ei...
AbstractThe Liberal Democrats’ performance in the 2015 general election provides an opportunity to e...
The Lib-Lab Pact examines the only formal cross-party understanding at Westminster between 1945-2010...
Insider and journalistic accounts of the formation in May 2010 of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat ...
While the leaders of the main parties take the weekend to negotiate, Simon Bastow discusses the Libe...
There has been intensive speculation about how Conservative and Liberal Democrat voters will react t...
Coalition politics remains relatively unfamiliar to British politicians, despite the experience of t...
In 2010 many predicted that Britain’s first post-war coalition government would not last to 2015 and...
In 2010 many predicted that Britain’s first post-war coalition government would not last to 2015 and...
The UK’s first coalition government during peacetime since 1945 ended with the electoral decimation ...
After the major defeats for the Liberal Democrats in the recent Council Elections and the AV referen...
The Westminster model is recognized the world over as delivering strong, stable one-party government...
In this post, Kristi Winters and Edzia Carvalho explain that, for all the criticisms, few participan...
The Conservative-Liberal Government represents a new period in British politics. The Coalition broug...
The Liberal Democrats’ performance in the 2015 general election provides an opportunity to examine t...
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg claims that there have been “no deals and understandings” with ei...
AbstractThe Liberal Democrats’ performance in the 2015 general election provides an opportunity to e...
The Lib-Lab Pact examines the only formal cross-party understanding at Westminster between 1945-2010...
Insider and journalistic accounts of the formation in May 2010 of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat ...
While the leaders of the main parties take the weekend to negotiate, Simon Bastow discusses the Libe...