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Re:Experimental UK Gov site: alpha.gov.uk by jdietrich on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @12:01PM (#2536940)
Coalition governments are brilliant.

See also the Open Government License[1] - it might not seem much to Americans, but compared to Crown Copyright it is a revelation.

[1] http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licen...

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Re:Experimental UK Gov site: alpha.gov.uk by pnathan on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @03:49PM (#2538104)
I have just finished reading Churchill's description of the WW2 coalition government, frankly, I love how the two parties were able to come together and function well, such that the opposition leader was in the cabinet.

It seems like such a fantasy of ever happening in the US.

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