New Labour: Dutch Style
Last year, the PvdA (Labour) led coalition was slaughtered at the polls to be replaced by the short lived CDA (Conservative) led coalition. We now have another CDA led coalition, but this time without the involvement of Pim Fortuyn’s LPF.
According to Expatica, PvdA leader Wouter Bos wants to dissolve the party and found a new one… Pvda Nieuw, perhaps?
More surprisingly, Bos has admitted to being in favour of a two-party political system.
Having lived under the UK’s two party system for 30 years, I have to say that I think this is a mistake. The huge advantage of a multi-party system is that coalition negotiations happen in public and under the scrutiny of the media, rather than in private and out of the public eye as is the case in the UK.
Thursday 26 Jun 2003 | Paul | The Pit
