On 03/05/2011 07:58, dennis@home wrote:


"Old Codger" wrote in message
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I seem to recall a Labour government that did manage for a while,
almost daring the other parties to vote them down. The trick is to put
the occasional controversial matter up for debate and let the voters
see that it is another party that prevents it becoming law. As long as
the government survives votes of confidence it can keep going until it
decides to have an election with the expectation of achieving a
working majority.

The trick is to get an agreement with the minor parties not to vote
against you.
You do this by doing what they say on matters key to them, even if its
against your parties manifesto.
It happens when a government is desperate for power.
Its like a coalition but all the debates about policy are done in secret
so the voters don't know why the minorities aren't voting you out.

But at least the voters know that it is the government that are
responsible for not acting on their manifesto and can vote accordingly
next time.

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