COMMENT Coalition politics, which is the politics of emphasising essential similarities and downplaying differences, received a bracing defence yesterday just when two of Pakatan Rakyat’s components looked to be sporting a case of amnesia on what holds the coalition together.

It took Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, PAS MP for Kuala Selangor, to remind some leaders of his party and DAP that what unites them in the coalition’s Common Policy Framework is greater than what divides them on hudud law...