British politicians will need to act more like the Germans – only faster | Timothy Garton Ash

If there is no clear winner two parties must rapidly agree voting reform and spending cuts. The bond market sharks are circling

In Berlin last weekend, people kept asking me about the British election and I kept asking them the German for "hung parliament". None of them could help me. The German for "hung parliament" is simply "parliament", because the system of proportional representation the Federal Republic adopted in 1949 routinely produces parliaments with no overall majority. At a quick ...