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The Road Not Taken and the ‘Bad Faith’ Thesis: Why a Liberal Democrat–Labour Coalition Never Happened in May 2010[Note 1. My thanks to Professor Michael Moran for useful advice ...]
Author(s) -
JONES BILL
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the political quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-923X
pISSN - 0032-3179
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-923x.2013.12050.x
Subject(s) - parliament , negotiation , political science , general election , liberal party , adonis , coalition government , faith , brexit , political economy , law and economics , law , politics , sociology , economics , european union , philosophy , international trade , theology , linguistics , poetry
This article examines why a Liberal Democrat‐Labour Coalition did not result from inter‐party negotiations after the General Election in May 2010 and whether the coalition which did emerge was based on a marriage of ‘neo‐liberal minds’, as claimed by Andrew Adonis in his 5 Days in May (Biteback, 2013). Consideration of the available evidence, however, suggests a more nuanced conclusion. It is expected that the 2010 agreement will be revisited in preparation for a possible hung parliament in 2015.