Not exact matches
Wilson, the author of a new book on how the current coalition was formed - 5 Days to Power - says Walden urged Cameron and Osborne to go for a full - blooded coalition rather
than a more unstable
Confidence and Supply
arrangement, as this would prove a lot more effective and enduring.
The authors admit that nobody knows what would have happened, but they challenge this orthodoxy (which the Lib Dem leadership often relies on to argue that a supply - and -
confidence arrangement would have been much worse
than a coalition);
I doubt the
arrangement would last any longer
than in 1974, with a failure to pass a
confidence vote in any alternative government leading to another election.
This is a good
arrangement for both sides; the employer already has
confidence in you and your abilities, and can pay for work actually done rather
than paying a full time salary.