I heart the UK's Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats

The U.K., like the U.S., has been dominated by a two party political system. The U.K., like the U.S., is in an economic mess created by the two parties.

The U.K.'s two traditional parties are the Conservative Party and the Labour Party. (The Brits like to use the letter "u" superfluously.) Out of the wreckage caused by the two parties, a third party has emerged: The Liberal Democrats.

In the recent election over there, the Liberal Democrats obtained sufficient support to keep either of the two major parties from a majority. A coalition must be formed.

Nick Clegg, the leader of the insurgent Liberal Democrats, has a crucial demand to join such a coalition: " a change in the voting system to help smaller parties gain more seats in future parliamentary elections." (See "Electoral Demand Stalls Coalition Deal in Britain.")

Of course, the two traditional major parties oppose any such change. It would loosen their grip on power. And, like in the U.S., the two major U.K. parties are more interested in keeping power than they are in good governance. If there are those in the power parties that actually believe in good governance, they have failed miserably. They present all the more reason for structural change.

Don't let us down, Nick. Fight for structural change.