1.   It was the most important disavowal consensus politics in recent history.

2.   The erosion of consensus politics overtook local government as it did many other areas of public life.

3.   The practice of consensus politics has meant no determined action against inequalities by any Labour government.

4.   Consensus politics could easily come back into fashion.

5.   Among the most common complaints was that the Dutch had become bored and even angry with the cozy world of consensus politics.

6.   The liberal media tend to practice consensus politics.

7.   The reason New Hampshire beckons is for the lesson in consensus politics it can teach right now, all the more important because the issue involved is education.

8.   In a further gesture of consensus politics, he honored his former political rival Bob Dole with the highest US civilian award Friday, the Presidential Medal.

9.   Used to the consensus politics that prevails in the Bonn parliament, the SPD has had difficulty in differentiating itself convincingly from its main opponents.