All of the following are TRUE about Britain's two-party system EXCEPT

a. the Conservative and Labour parties routinely divide at least 85 percent of the seats in the House of Commons.
b. from 1945 to 2010, only leaders of the Conservative and Labour parties served as prime ministers.
c. from 1945 to 2005, the Conservative and Labour parties each won eight general elections

d. since the 1960s, the Liberal Democrats have become an important alternative to Britain's two major parties.
e. despite the dominance of Britain's two major parties, it also has a number of national parties.


d

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