UK Politics / Reply to Ann (was Re: Is Umbridge a commentary on British govt. ed

[muscatel1988]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Goddlefrood" <gav_fiji at ...>
wrote:
> 
> This is a system based on others, and my point had been that 
> a *forced* coalition situation, as prevails here, and indeed 
> elsewhere, is not a good thing because too many policies have 
> to be compromised to accommodate the disparate parties. I hope 
> that's now clear.

Ah, that's much clearer.  Thank you.  There's nothing in our
constitution that forces us to have one, and we have had lengthy
periods of majority government, but we keep electing coalitions.  In a
way, it's quite bizarre.  

:-)

Mus