Quebec 2014 - another election that never was

[You kip if you want to...]

You only need to look at the UK to see why coalitions are a bad idea in westminster systems. Bad for the minority coalition party anyways.

But is that because of the Westminster system or because of gross incompetence on the part of the junior partner in the current British government? Though it's certainly true that the Westminster system wasn't designed with coalitions in mind.

I think much of it was because a fair swag of the junior party's supporters weren't expecting a coalition with the Tories.

People didn't get that the Liberals aren't "Diet Labour".

[You kip if you want to...]

You only need to look at the UK to see why coalitions are a bad idea in westminster systems. Bad for the minority coalition party anyways.

But is that because of the Westminster system or because of gross incompetence on the part of the junior partner in the current British government? Though it's certainly true that the Westminster system wasn't designed with coalitions in mind.

I think much of it was because a fair swag of the junior party's supporters weren't expecting a coalition with the Tories.

People didn't get that the Liberals aren't "Diet Labour".

Someone put it like this a while back:

The Lib Dems vote in 2010 was an even split between 3 groups

• Lefties upset with New Labour
• Protest votes
• Liberals

By forming a coalition with the Tories, the Lib Dems effectively alienated the first two groups.

Tactical voters.