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Radio 4,21 May 2010,10 mins

Coalitions Then and Now

A Point of View

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In the first of ten programmes, the historian Professor Sir David Cannadine delivers his weekly view on current events. This week he recalls Britain's forgotten history of coalition government, reflecting that the so-called "new politics" has plenty of antecedents. Producer: Sheila Cook.

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