Summary
COalition politics is still not the norm in Britain. In most European countries, voters have long been used to deals being done between parties both before and after elections. It is, the Liberal Democrats would argue, an inevitable consequence of fairer voting, where the number of seats awarded to parties roughly equates to the proportion of votes they won in the last election. Since 1999 - and longer than that in local government - coalition has, however, become a fact of political life. In the Scottish Parliament, where the allocation of seats is more proportionate than in our Assembly, everyone takes for granted that coalition will be a permanent feature of the political landscape.
In Wales, perhaps because of the hubris of Labour, and also because of the length of time the party has been dominant, we have not reached that consensus yet. If we had, our story today alleging secret talks between Labour and the Liberal Democrats over a coalition deal would not be controversial.See the full content of this document
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Coalitions Fact of Life but Beware the Secret Deal
Many Labour activists, especially, cannot come to terms with the fact that the party now has to...
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