We now have this bogus category, "minority," in which we lump the supposed rainbow coalition of immigrants and blacks.
There is, I suppose, some coalition fantasy in which the barren expanses they are creating will sprout new centres of entrepreneurial zeal.
Ever since the 1999 protests in Seattle, much has been made of a supposed blue-green coalition between union members and environmentalists.
Trained in their hundreds of thousands over the past 11 years by a horde of dodgy private security contractors, as well as U.S. and NATO troops, the Afghan National Army is supposed to replace coalition forces any day now and defend its own country.
However, we now present evidence that breeding coalitions of male lions include non-relatives much more commonly than was generally supposed, that intra-coalition competition over females is widespread and that kinship is not the primary factor determining levels of competition.
Once it receives international recognition, the coalition is supposed to establish a temporary government.
Cameron says people have identified a series of issues that were supposed to break the coalition apart.
These organisations are vital in plugging the gap in provision of proper sport in state schools and are fantastic examples of the kind of "big society" initiatives the coalition is supposed to want.
When I returned to Kenya earlier this year, after a multiparty coalition was supposed to piece Kenya back together, this is what the crisis looked like: communities dangerously split along ethnic lines and the government refusing to work with the I.C.C. to determine who was responsible for inciting the violence.
Nor are the Sunni constituencies that the coalition is supposed to rally against Isis ever going to be convinced of the efficiency of the strategy if Mr Assad, supported by Iran and Russia, is allowed to portray himself as part of a common fight.
