Coalition Politics
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- Created on: 13-02-13 19:24
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- UK Coalition Politics
- What is needed to make it work
- Compromise: Concessions in the national interest and government show of unity
- I.e. AV referendum
- Consensus: policies that both parties already agree on
- I.e. eduction and health would not be included in public spending cuts
- Procrastination: allows ministers to put-off decisions to a later date
- I.e. Trident, £50B was unaffordable and would cause rifts in the coalition
- Compromise: Concessions in the national interest and government show of unity
- Effects on Parliament
- Majority of 77 (83 with NI MPs)
- Strengthens the influence of Parliament. Single party govt find it easy to control Parliament as long as they maintain party unity.
- I.e. Blair in 97 and 00 made the executive invincible and the commons was side-lined
- Backbenchers: Support cannot be taken for granted. Unity and cohesion amongst coalition partners.
- lack of ideological consensus. Lib Dems support is difficult to maintain as the smaller of the two parties they have more to lose.
- 2011: backbench rebellion from 81 tory MPs on calling for a referendum on EU membership. Luckily for Cameron Lib Dems and Labour supported him
- Smaller coalition partner suffers from lack of identity
- Would take 42 conservatives or lib dems to bring down the govt
- 21 lib dems and 6 tories voted against the govt on tuition fees and it still passed with a 21 majority
- Centralisation of decision making. (Cameron, Cable, Clegg, Osborne, Alexander)
- Reasons to think it will last the 5 years
- Policy Program, resolving many issues, agreed by both parties
- What is needed to make it work
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