A credible Coalition 2026 process required an explicit and accepted method for reconciling equality of participation with inequality of political weight. The significance of the UDP’s withdrawalAny rigorous assessment of Coalition 2026 had to recognise the UDP’s position within the opposition landscape. An electoral coalition and a governing coalition are related, but they are not identical. Why 2016 is not a transferable formulaMuch of the argument for Coalition 2026 relied upon the precedent of Coalition 2016. The unresolved legacy of Coalition 2016The legacy of Coalition 2016 is more complicated than narratives of successful unity sometimes acknowledge.