Things fall apart: can the centre hold?
The coalition can win back lost ground, but there is no more room for political own goals
The situation is becoming acute for the government.
Any further disasters, scandals, self-inflicted omnishambles, or just a continuing of the steady erosion in its political support will subject its leaders to the sort of political pressure that very few can endure. The coalition needs a period of steadiness, to allow the political effects of economic ...