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Radio Scotland,8 mins

A History of Hung Parliaments

Good Morning Scotland

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Last week’s election result may have been a shock but it isn’t the first time the UK has had a hung parliament. Former BBC political correspondent James Cox took a stroll through the history of shaky governments, compromise agreements and collapsed administrations.

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