Parties jostle for the right to be called numero uno
Similarly, the Labour Party strategy before general election 2011 got underway was to keep an overall majority out of the grasp of Fine Gael — or at least keep its majority small enough so it could not survive on the support of independents alone.
Unlike the PDs, Labour was never going to broadcast its desire for coalition from the ladder-tops. Because for Labour, coalition has become a dirty word.
