British Coalition 2010

The 2010 electoral polls saw a coalition government for the first time since the Second World War with neither of the parties getting the majority of votes. This has led to a deal between Nick Clegg and David Cameron with Gordon resigning from the position of the Prime Minister as well as the leader of Labor party. As the result of coalition government, the parties are expected to run the government on a cooperated basis to achieve political legitimacy and at the same time reduce the internal political tensions. As a result, David Cameron and Nick Clegg agreed upon a five year coalition deal. This saw David Cameron as the new prime minister while Nick Clegg became the new deputy prime minister. The differences or modifications in policies took place with the Tories changing their policy of raising the inheritance tax to ₤1m which was sacrificed along with many other policies promised by both the parties. However, Cameron stood to their ₤150 marriage break tax which was aimed towards the low earners.

The coalition government seems like a beneficial appeal for the common people as it would involve a mixture of many different policies which have been decided upon by both the parties. This will hopefully result in a lot of initiatives which would in turn benefit the commons and at the same time will help achieving economic stability. Several plans by the Tories such as putting a check on the immigration, setting up welfare reform programmes, schools reforms program, increase in national insurance contributions along with other policies would be maintained. The Liberal democrats on the other hand would be dropping their mansion tax plan which required people to pay heavy tax for mansions which were worth more than ₤2m. Looking at these reforms, one can hope that the government would now be working towards the upliftment of the economic state of the country and the same time would be working for the best interests of their fellow citizens. One can already see some reforms in action such as abolishing ID cards, removal of biometric passports, keeping the DNA data of people and at the same time abolishing tax on individuals with low income.

Overall, it seems like a win-win situation for the people as well as the government as the coalition will see some potentially significant changes which would help realign the British government and at the same time add to the national autonomy.
Albert Preece
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