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The electoral system was once seen as ‘the key to the lock’ of the British constitution (Steel 1979). In this view, the Conservatives and Labour kept their duopoly of power by locking the constitutional door to outsiders. A proportional electoral system would lead to coalition government, and the new parties in government would unlock the door to other constitutional reforms.
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Blau, A. (2008). Majoritarianism under Pressure: The Electoral and Party Systems. In: Hazell, R. (eds) Constitutional Futures Revisited. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230595088_14
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