Kuala Lampur, Dec. 15 -- When Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim formed a coalition government three years back, my AuDHD brain went; "Ah yes, this rabbit hole seems familiar". It was like watching another remake of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, with someone who looked strangely like Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as the ghost of Christmas past.

T'was 2010 in the United Kingdom, when the general election gave them the first hung parliament in 36 years. David Cameron, suddenly without a majority, found himself negotiating like a man trying to buy a large basket of durian at your local pasar malam. He managed to stitch together a coalition, and promptly ended Labour's 13-year reign.

Enter Nick Clegg: Liberal Democrat leader, golden boy of the...