مجلة عصور الجديدة
Volume 11, Numéro 2, Pages 698-712
2021-06-29

The 2010s Hung Parliament And The Conservative-liberal Ideology To Political Reconciliation In Britain.

Authors : Chouih Fatima Zohra .

Abstract

This paper lays potential stress on pointing out how the leader of the conservative party, David Cameron, countered the dilemma of the 2010s Hung Parliament, managing a rationally consensual reputation. If committed to exchanging victories with the Labour Party, David Cameron is now ripe devolving more power to Liberal party. Standing as an alternative model to majoritarian governance, the Conservative-Liberal coalition government was dedicated to institutionalising political pluralism. To a very real extend, forming the Cabinet Governments in the UK relies decisively on parliamentary majority. However, when the inclusive general election shatters the swing between major Parties, only political alliance would be the tool to convert the hung parliament into majority rule. Meanwhile, affording new challenges to the top-down coalition is an unfamiliar political territory at Westminster. Furthermore, bringing two rival ideologies into closer intimacy threatens to fuel unbalance between constitutional order and parliamentary discipline. Against this backdrop, it is through the ground of cross-party consensus that the battle for a stable and responsible government would be fought and won. Thus, if hypostasising the legislative equilibrium as the key ingredient to formalise the Conservative-Liberal welding, this paper is devoted to assuming that Cameron-Clegg’s political agenda for reconciliation advocates the democratic reform of the existing legislative institutions

Keywords

David Cameron ; Nick Clegg ; Hung Parliament ; Coalition Government ; Conservative Party ; Liberal Party ; Political Ideology ; Constitution ; Parliament ; House of Common ; Social Reform ; Political Reconciliation