The context for the Blairite formula is what Tom Nairn called the “two-party equilibrium” in his 1977 classic The Break-Up of Britain. In this “equilibrium”, whose basis is a first-past-the-post electoral system (as in the US), parliament is dominated by the 2 main parties– the Conservatives and Labour— with the other parties consigned to the electoral fringes. These 2 parties then take turns to govern (though the Tories had to form an alliance with the Lib Dems in order to govern from 2010 to 2015). More

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