Keep calm and carry on

THE ALCHEMIST

Whisper it softly, but there is a growing acceptance - even approval - for the political freak that is coalition.

Given the British aversion to any co-operative or even collaborative structure, it appears the population and their fractious political parties are settling down pretty well to life in harness. We are liking this well-hung parliament. There were some useful political trophies in the early moments. Firstly, it has been savagely mocked, but the chummy teamwork between Nick and Dave proves that class, supposedly the British social curse, will out. They look and act like the two big shiny peas in the middle of the pod, flanked on each side by identical but less-developed ones. Secondly, t...