Be careful what you wish for

Before the last general election, I was one of those people who quite fancied the idea of a hung parliament. I hoped we might end up with this sort of scenario:

Belgium’s lack of government has one huge advantage in the current crisis: No one can pass austerity measures. Having no government may be the best option for Belgium right now, not because the underlying issues are intractable (although they are both intractable and, IMO, lame) but because no one can pressure a non-existent government to reduce deficits.

Jammy Belgians. All we got was this lousy coalition.

Rats.