In 1913 antisocialists signed a secret electoral agreement known as the Gentiloni pact, named for the president of the Catholic Electoral Union, Vincenzo Ottorino Gentiloni.
He managed to sew together an electoral agreement in 2008 between his Parti Keadilan Rakyat, and the Islamist Parti Agama SeMalaysia and the Democratic Action Party.
It's on electoral reform that agreement is hardest to envisage – but electoral reform is central to why many members, and particularly activists, chose to join the Liberal Democrats rather than another party.
The Telegraph understands that in the majority of cases officials will be expected to cross-check details with council tax bills, electoral rolls and rental agreements to make sure information is accurate.
The best, historic chance to get electoral reform is an agreement between Gordon Brown and Nick Clegg.
But the two parties' agreement on electoral reform may prove still more significant.Both parties agree on a referendum on any change.
In a letter published in The Independent on Sunday, the leaders of the three left-of-centre parties call for an agreement on electoral reform to be included in each of their manifestos in 2020.
Other ministers have suggested he might quit within two years, once the economy has recovered and an agreement on electoral reform has been completed – but that would be only in the unlikely event of a Labour-Lib Dem coalition lasting that long.
Until agreement on the electoral college, delegates were unwilling to entrust the executive with significant authority, and most executive powers, including the conduct of foreign relations, were held by the Senate.
How will they return to their electoral constituencies and explain this agreement to them?" The government's junior coalition partner, the small rightwing Independent Greeks party (Anel) deepended complications for Tsipras by warning it would only support an agreement that committed to some form of debt write-off.
