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How the Coalition government was formed

3.04.57pm BST (GMT +0100) Thu 29th Jul 2010

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• [Jul 29] Nick Robinson* writes: ' . . THE Tory leadership was well prepared for a hung parliament. They had analysed the overlaps and the gaps between the Conservative and Lib Dem manifestos so that a day after the election they could table a series of documents focusing on 11 areas of policy, highlighting where agreement would prove hardest to achieve, and possible compromises . .

In stark contrast, Gordon Brown had not prepared a policy offer, nor got the backing of his Cabinet, nor developed a relationship with Nick Clegg. This despite the fact that he must have known that a Lib/Lab deal was likely to be his best hope of political survival

  • Nick Robinson is the BBC's Political Editor. 'Five Days that Changed Britain' will be on BBC2 tonight at 9pm and thereafter on iPlayer.

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• How the Coalition government was formed [Nick Robinson, Telegraph, Jul 29]

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