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All the (small c) conservatives seem committed to the coalition failing

Did you see Question Time on BBC1 on Thursday night? It was pretty incredible. On one side of David Dimbleby sat Michael Heseltine and Simon Hughes, together representing the new Liberal-Conservative (note big C) progressive coalition government. On the other side were ranged the entire gamut of conservatism (small c), represented by Labour peer Lord …

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What can be learnt from the UK Election? (and I don’t mean politically)

So, it's all over bar the shouting – or perhaps, given the apparently calm (in public, at least) way in which the three main parties are exploring their coalition options, it's more accurate to say, it's all over bar the very polite, respectful conversations. For me there are two things of particular interest in the …

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