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A lot of it is for show, and especially in the Lords there is a lot of cross-party co-operation. In the dining room there is a long table where tradition dictates that you have to sit in the next available seat without leaving a gap. This forces the peers to sit next to each other and talk to people from all parties.
The funniest thing about talking to the peers is when they let slip that there are people in their own side who they can't stand. I'm never sure whether to agree with them or whether it's some kind of test.
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Yeah, I guess only the most PR inclined are the ones we really hear about. I have a very distinct memory from primary school when Ken Livingstone gave our class a tour of parliament and basically broke it to us that actually, a lot of them all get on and its actually quite bi-partisan. Even at 10 years old you realise that means something coming from a guy like him and its stuck with me since.