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Originally Posted by NBC
The potential left-wing coalition that Labour proposed in the UK last May would have needed the support of the Scottish Nationalists, Plaid Cymru and the SDLP, all of which advocate the creation of independent Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish states.
Coalitions that tend to be the "strongest" (a pejorative term I know) typically are comprise the party with the biggest share of the seats in the most recent election. In the court of the opinions of people who don't understand the "majority" part of "majority rules", a formal coalition of parties that received a smaller percentage of seats in Parliament tend to lack legitimacy and do not usually last very long. Now if the parties that are proposing a possible power-sharing agreement merge, as in the case of the Liberal and National Parties of Australia, this can be a more effective method of coalition governance.
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To me, a good coalition is one that includes a solid block of the political spectrum. (E.g. Liberal-NDP and no Conservatives is okay, Conservative-NDP with no Liberals is not okay.) Ignoring the shenanigans caused by first past the post, one logical result of this is that the median voter is included. Of course, in Canada, things are complicated a bit the Bloq, as I'm not sure where "destroy Canada" falls on the political spectrum.