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Is it possible for the two major parties in the UK to form a coalition with each other instead of a much smaller party?
Why does Italy have so many political parties?What determines the identify of “the minority party” leadership if there are more than two parties?How can the UK Labour Party get a majority without a plurality of the popular vote?Why does the US only have two major political parties?What powers does a Whip actually have to force MP's to vote their way?Can a party form a coalition with BOTH Labour and Conservatives in parallel? If so, who wins?Why are “the rich” more able to identify the party which represent their interests than “the poor”?What can UK citizens do to replace first past the post with a proportional representation voting system?Does the increased localization of government control provide a solution to the stalemate caused by two party politics?What are the main differences between UK and US (NEP) exit polls, methodologically?
For example, a coalition of Conservatives and Labour, as currently this would command a clear majority and represent a greater majority of the population.
Surely representing more of the population is desirable and there is nothing to stop the major parties from being more closely aligned in their politics than with much smaller parties.
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For example, a coalition of Conservatives and Labour, as currently this would command a clear majority and represent a greater majority of the population.
Surely representing more of the population is desirable and there is nothing to stop the major parties from being more closely aligned in their politics than with much smaller parties.
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What would be the policy of such a grand coalition? The individual parties are already having trouble getting everyone in their own party on the same page. Surely putting them all in one party would make it even more difficult to find a consensus?
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For example, a coalition of Conservatives and Labour, as currently this would command a clear majority and represent a greater majority of the population.
Surely representing more of the population is desirable and there is nothing to stop the major parties from being more closely aligned in their politics than with much smaller parties.
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For example, a coalition of Conservatives and Labour, as currently this would command a clear majority and represent a greater majority of the population.
Surely representing more of the population is desirable and there is nothing to stop the major parties from being more closely aligned in their politics than with much smaller parties.
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What would be the policy of such a grand coalition? The individual parties are already having trouble getting everyone in their own party on the same page. Surely putting them all in one party would make it even more difficult to find a consensus?
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What would be the policy of such a grand coalition? The individual parties are already having trouble getting everyone in their own party on the same page. Surely putting them all in one party would make it even more difficult to find a consensus?
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What would be the policy of such a grand coalition? The individual parties are already having trouble getting everyone in their own party on the same page. Surely putting them all in one party would make it even more difficult to find a consensus?
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What would be the policy of such a grand coalition? The individual parties are already having trouble getting everyone in their own party on the same page. Surely putting them all in one party would make it even more difficult to find a consensus?
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There is nothing in law to stop them, but ... why would they? Sure it would let them get things through parliament very easily, but what would they want to get through parliament. The two main parties in the UK disagree on the vast majority of policy areas - that's why they are different parties. If there was a clear shared agenda, they would likely form a party around that.
It's also worth noting, from a practical point of view forming a coalition with the party seen as your main rival would usually severely damage your credibility with your voters, and would likely make re-election difficult.
There are situations where this makes sense. In times of crisis, countries are sometimes led by a so-called "Government of National Unity" or "National Government" (see here and here for a more UK-centric point) but these are very rare as they require a crisis so great that the political differences between the two main parties are rendered irrelevant (in practical terms this usually means a war).
Another point worth making is that in one area of the UK, this is compulsory! The Northern Ireland executive requires power to be shared between the largest Republican party (which is usually also left wing) and the largest Unionist party (usually also right wing). The executive is led by the First Minister and deputy First Minister who have the same governmental power, resulting in a duumvirate. This was designed to ensure that both Republicans and Unionists felt represented in government. The downsides of such an arrangement are now being keenly felt, as the Sinn Féin and the DUP currently have seemingly irreconcilable differences which has caused the power sharing to collapse and has caused a crisis in Northern Ireland, since there currently is no executive and there cannot be one until the parties come to an agreement.
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Technically correct but politically almost inconceivable. This is usually referred to as a "government of national unity", and was present during the crisis from 1931-45.
Doing so without a clear national emergency would result in huge outrage from the party base and likely electoral ostracism at the next election.
Surely representing more of the population is desirable
Almost nobody cares about this in UK politics.
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This is known as a grand coalition or specifically as has happened in the UK, National Government.
They tend to occur only at times of national crisis, such as wars. In normal times they are unlikely to occur as the ideological differences are too great to maintain unity.
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The UK has also tended to use the term "National Government". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Government_(United_Kingdom)
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There is nothing in law to stop them, but ... why would they? Sure it would let them get things through parliament very easily, but what would they want to get through parliament. The two main parties in the UK disagree on the vast majority of policy areas - that's why they are different parties. If there was a clear shared agenda, they would likely form a party around that.
It's also worth noting, from a practical point of view forming a coalition with the party seen as your main rival would usually severely damage your credibility with your voters, and would likely make re-election difficult.
There are situations where this makes sense. In times of crisis, countries are sometimes led by a so-called "Government of National Unity" or "National Government" (see here and here for a more UK-centric point) but these are very rare as they require a crisis so great that the political differences between the two main parties are rendered irrelevant (in practical terms this usually means a war).
Another point worth making is that in one area of the UK, this is compulsory! The Northern Ireland executive requires power to be shared between the largest Republican party (which is usually also left wing) and the largest Unionist party (usually also right wing). The executive is led by the First Minister and deputy First Minister who have the same governmental power, resulting in a duumvirate. This was designed to ensure that both Republicans and Unionists felt represented in government. The downsides of such an arrangement are now being keenly felt, as the Sinn Féin and the DUP currently have seemingly irreconcilable differences which has caused the power sharing to collapse and has caused a crisis in Northern Ireland, since there currently is no executive and there cannot be one until the parties come to an agreement.
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There is nothing in law to stop them, but ... why would they? Sure it would let them get things through parliament very easily, but what would they want to get through parliament. The two main parties in the UK disagree on the vast majority of policy areas - that's why they are different parties. If there was a clear shared agenda, they would likely form a party around that.
It's also worth noting, from a practical point of view forming a coalition with the party seen as your main rival would usually severely damage your credibility with your voters, and would likely make re-election difficult.
There are situations where this makes sense. In times of crisis, countries are sometimes led by a so-called "Government of National Unity" or "National Government" (see here and here for a more UK-centric point) but these are very rare as they require a crisis so great that the political differences between the two main parties are rendered irrelevant (in practical terms this usually means a war).
Another point worth making is that in one area of the UK, this is compulsory! The Northern Ireland executive requires power to be shared between the largest Republican party (which is usually also left wing) and the largest Unionist party (usually also right wing). The executive is led by the First Minister and deputy First Minister who have the same governmental power, resulting in a duumvirate. This was designed to ensure that both Republicans and Unionists felt represented in government. The downsides of such an arrangement are now being keenly felt, as the Sinn Féin and the DUP currently have seemingly irreconcilable differences which has caused the power sharing to collapse and has caused a crisis in Northern Ireland, since there currently is no executive and there cannot be one until the parties come to an agreement.
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There is nothing in law to stop them, but ... why would they? Sure it would let them get things through parliament very easily, but what would they want to get through parliament. The two main parties in the UK disagree on the vast majority of policy areas - that's why they are different parties. If there was a clear shared agenda, they would likely form a party around that.
It's also worth noting, from a practical point of view forming a coalition with the party seen as your main rival would usually severely damage your credibility with your voters, and would likely make re-election difficult.
There are situations where this makes sense. In times of crisis, countries are sometimes led by a so-called "Government of National Unity" or "National Government" (see here and here for a more UK-centric point) but these are very rare as they require a crisis so great that the political differences between the two main parties are rendered irrelevant (in practical terms this usually means a war).
Another point worth making is that in one area of the UK, this is compulsory! The Northern Ireland executive requires power to be shared between the largest Republican party (which is usually also left wing) and the largest Unionist party (usually also right wing). The executive is led by the First Minister and deputy First Minister who have the same governmental power, resulting in a duumvirate. This was designed to ensure that both Republicans and Unionists felt represented in government. The downsides of such an arrangement are now being keenly felt, as the Sinn Féin and the DUP currently have seemingly irreconcilable differences which has caused the power sharing to collapse and has caused a crisis in Northern Ireland, since there currently is no executive and there cannot be one until the parties come to an agreement.
There is nothing in law to stop them, but ... why would they? Sure it would let them get things through parliament very easily, but what would they want to get through parliament. The two main parties in the UK disagree on the vast majority of policy areas - that's why they are different parties. If there was a clear shared agenda, they would likely form a party around that.
It's also worth noting, from a practical point of view forming a coalition with the party seen as your main rival would usually severely damage your credibility with your voters, and would likely make re-election difficult.
There are situations where this makes sense. In times of crisis, countries are sometimes led by a so-called "Government of National Unity" or "National Government" (see here and here for a more UK-centric point) but these are very rare as they require a crisis so great that the political differences between the two main parties are rendered irrelevant (in practical terms this usually means a war).
Another point worth making is that in one area of the UK, this is compulsory! The Northern Ireland executive requires power to be shared between the largest Republican party (which is usually also left wing) and the largest Unionist party (usually also right wing). The executive is led by the First Minister and deputy First Minister who have the same governmental power, resulting in a duumvirate. This was designed to ensure that both Republicans and Unionists felt represented in government. The downsides of such an arrangement are now being keenly felt, as the Sinn Féin and the DUP currently have seemingly irreconcilable differences which has caused the power sharing to collapse and has caused a crisis in Northern Ireland, since there currently is no executive and there cannot be one until the parties come to an agreement.
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Technically correct but politically almost inconceivable. This is usually referred to as a "government of national unity", and was present during the crisis from 1931-45.
Doing so without a clear national emergency would result in huge outrage from the party base and likely electoral ostracism at the next election.
Surely representing more of the population is desirable
Almost nobody cares about this in UK politics.
add a comment |
Technically correct but politically almost inconceivable. This is usually referred to as a "government of national unity", and was present during the crisis from 1931-45.
Doing so without a clear national emergency would result in huge outrage from the party base and likely electoral ostracism at the next election.
Surely representing more of the population is desirable
Almost nobody cares about this in UK politics.
add a comment |
Technically correct but politically almost inconceivable. This is usually referred to as a "government of national unity", and was present during the crisis from 1931-45.
Doing so without a clear national emergency would result in huge outrage from the party base and likely electoral ostracism at the next election.
Surely representing more of the population is desirable
Almost nobody cares about this in UK politics.
Technically correct but politically almost inconceivable. This is usually referred to as a "government of national unity", and was present during the crisis from 1931-45.
Doing so without a clear national emergency would result in huge outrage from the party base and likely electoral ostracism at the next election.
Surely representing more of the population is desirable
Almost nobody cares about this in UK politics.
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This is known as a grand coalition or specifically as has happened in the UK, National Government.
They tend to occur only at times of national crisis, such as wars. In normal times they are unlikely to occur as the ideological differences are too great to maintain unity.
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The UK has also tended to use the term "National Government". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Government_(United_Kingdom)
– origimbo
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This is known as a grand coalition or specifically as has happened in the UK, National Government.
They tend to occur only at times of national crisis, such as wars. In normal times they are unlikely to occur as the ideological differences are too great to maintain unity.
1
The UK has also tended to use the term "National Government". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Government_(United_Kingdom)
– origimbo
1 hour ago
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This is known as a grand coalition or specifically as has happened in the UK, National Government.
They tend to occur only at times of national crisis, such as wars. In normal times they are unlikely to occur as the ideological differences are too great to maintain unity.
This is known as a grand coalition or specifically as has happened in the UK, National Government.
They tend to occur only at times of national crisis, such as wars. In normal times they are unlikely to occur as the ideological differences are too great to maintain unity.
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The UK has also tended to use the term "National Government". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Government_(United_Kingdom)
– origimbo
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The UK has also tended to use the term "National Government". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Government_(United_Kingdom)
– origimbo
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The UK has also tended to use the term "National Government". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Government_(United_Kingdom)
– origimbo
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The UK has also tended to use the term "National Government". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Government_(United_Kingdom)
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What would be the policy of such a grand coalition? The individual parties are already having trouble getting everyone in their own party on the same page. Surely putting them all in one party would make it even more difficult to find a consensus?
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