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Can multi-party coalitions work? History says yes, yes, yes

Plus: How many Charlottes to expect this year; and who’ll win the election if legwork decides it

9 May 2015

9:00 AM

9 May 2015

9:00 AM

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Is it possible to form a stable coalition with more than one political party? The Conservative/Lib Dem coalition of 2010– 2015 was in fact unique in being the only British coalition featuring just two parties.
— Lord Aberdeen’s coalition on 1852–55 was made up of 11 Whigs, six Peelites and one Radical, Sir William Molesworth, who served as First Commissioner of Works and was later described by Gladstone as ‘perfectly harmless’.

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