Is Nick Clegg the Roy Tucker of Politics?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

The very layout of the House of Commons suggests confrontational politics. A semi-circular chamber is better suited to a multiparty setup. Perhaps that is why coalitions have crushed parties of the left in the past as well as now.

Lloyd-George (to whom Frau A is related) tried it the last time the Liberals were in power; then Ramsey MacDonald and now Nick Clegg.

[MrGongGong]

The very layout of the House of Commons suggests confrontational politics. A semi-circular chamber is better suited to a multiparty setup. Perhaps that is why coalitions have crushed parties of the left in the past as well as now.
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Good observation
Christopher Small makes similar ones about the layout of music ensembles in different contexts relative to the nature of the music being played.

[french frank]

The very layout of the House of Commons suggests confrontational politics.

It seems to be an Anglo-Saxon characteristic, like the adversarial judicial system, compared with the inquisitorial.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/France_Chambre_des_deputes_1876.png