The Folly of French Kissing

After almost a century, the Liberal Democrats headed by Nick Clegg reintroduced coalition politics in Britain. How have two political traditions, with an enmity stretching back centuries, found each other--with friendships made and sometimes broken? How does this first Coalition government in peacetime operate? Are the Tories really the only party in charge? Where are the feuds buried? What social changes underpin the similar voter shares of the 2010 election? Will the twenty-first century once again be Liberal? The first major assessment of Liberalism in 80 years, here is the untold story of its Phoenix-like revival. 'Fascinating... well-informed.' David Laws MP