Despite initial predictions that it would quickly collapse, the coalition government that led Britain from 2010 was remarkably stable. There were few major bust-ups, rebellions by backbench mps never tipped into outright revolts and most of the policies in the initial agreement between the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties were implemented. Partly this was thanks to maturity on the part of the two party leaderships. But it also owed something to their breezy willingness to postpone and fudge decisions where it suited them.
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