Quote of the Day

From Mr. Dunleavy of the London School of Economics, via Foreign Policy's Passport:

For the first time in history, the Australian outcome means that every key ‘Westminster model’ country in the world now has a hung Parliament. These are the former British empire countries that according to decades of political science orthodoxy are supposed to produce strong, single party government.

 The countries include India, New Zealand, Great Britain, and Canada.

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