The Coalition's Pragmatism

Bagehot updates us on the search for common ground in British politics:

Unsurprisingly, lots of figures in the magic circle of the Coalitionare getting good at coming up with solutions for problems, or at leastanalyses of problems, that bridge (or at least paper over) that divide.They offer pragmatic, often rather modest sounding proposals, with abit of a market tinge (lots of talk about consumer choice and peoplepower). These modest proposals have the great virtue of not...