You basically had a "coalition party" back then for a while.
By 1972 these "quality of life" issues had come to represent a major political problem for the coalition parties.
Also on immigration issues there are political differences between the three coalition parties.
As a result, none of the coalition parties were able to pass the 10% national threshold.
That represents more citizens than are members of the coalition parties put together.
Obviously the two coalition parties don't have a single idea between the lot of them & they need Labour to come up with the answer.
This time he was successful, gaining the seat for the old coalition parties.
It already passed the lower house of Parliament, where the coalition parties are stronger.
In some constituencies, the coalition parties ran candidates against one other.
In the end, the three coalition parties voted for the bill and the opposition members of Parliament walked out.
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