Welcome to the Coalition Doomsday Clock

The coalition parties are currently married into Government.  Labour are attempting to rock the boat of the coalition by predominantly attacking the Liberal Democrats in the hope that they will bring down the coalition.

We realise that this might be a potential problem.  We also realise that - from time to time - there will be disagreements in policy despite the Programme for Government.

We therefore decided that a standing 'state of the coalition' would be a good idea to implement.  After much deciding with regards to what would be the best way, we thought that a quick-to-read style in a busy culture such as Britain would be a "Minutes to Midnight" style - in the form of the nuclear war Doomsday Clock famous during the Cold War era.

By using non-scaremongering newspapers, opinion polls (that are judged over a week), grassroots 'feeling', (hopefully) insider Westminster knowledge and reputable blog posts, we will judge the minutes to midnight.

The clock will never be at a time before 20 to midnight.  This is because of the nature of this coalition - it is unstable by its very nature because this is a relatively new thing in politics.

Being the first post, this serves as more of an introduction to the concept.  We hope that you find it informative and it serves its purpose well.