The irony in this statement is that the coalition was proposed the second the budget updqate was presented -- the opposition parties were not willing to "work together to achieve consensus" with the Conservative. As Adam had put it to me, there's not much talking happening in this Parlement." It was instant protest, not, "there's a lot wrong in here, let's fix this, go back there and change this and come back to submit this again". You know, compromise, negotiation, and finally consensus.

I had to get out of the car just as the report on today's session was starting, so I missed it aside from the description of it as such a chaotic cacophony that even the translators were apologizing for not being able to understand what was being said.

To me, the coalition smacks of opportunism on the part of all three parties involved.