In the most unpredictable general election for a generation (a phrase used by journalists as frequently as the “long term economic plan” by the Tories) every potential outcome has been scrutinised at an almost forensic level. A single party majority? A single party minority? A coalition? A minority coalition? All are types of governments that can emerge from the very likely event of a hung parliament. But let’s rule one thing out: a grand coalition.
The grand coalition is something Norman Tebbit and I agree on (imagine chewing a wasp, that was the face I made just writing that). In the Telegraph Tebbit wrote: “I found that a good number of sensible, experienced people at Westminster have begun to wonder if there would be calls from the media, the CBI and TUC for a “Grand Coalition” in the European style, formed by the two major parties – which are in disagreement about almost every major policy for managing the country. I doubt if that could work.”
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