at least we've got more than two partiesif it all goes to the wall they're screwed and will do as the Germans of the second reich did and pick an extreme to lead them out.
also, in theory a general election can be called (and held) at any time between a new government being formed, and 5 years after that date. not on a fixed schedule. therefore we're (theoretically) not stuck with a government for a fixed period of time.
there's the problem of FPTP vs Prop Rep, but it'd take too long to change the system in this country to prop rep to have any immediate impact, and it's not necessarily a better system (once again see 1930s Germany)
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also, in theory a general election can be called (and held) at any time between a new government being formed, and 5 years after that date. not on a fixed schedule. therefore we're (theoretically) not stuck with a government for a fixed period of time.
there's the problem of FPTP vs Prop Rep, but it'd take too long to change the system in this country to prop rep to have any immediate impact, and it's not necessarily a better system (once again see 1930s Germany)