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Can power-sharing work in Britain?

A full-blown coalition government in peace time is a new phenomenon in British politics. Tim Bale looks at how coalition government emerged and asks: can it work in Britain?

Figure 1 How the two-party vote has fallen, 1945 to 2010

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