The rescue parties Far from handing elections to the right, protest votes galvanise major parties into action George MonbiotTuesday November 12, 2002The Guardian How many political parties can dance on the head of a pin? The answer, it seems, is one. In Britain and the US, the opposition parties are beginning to discover that there simply isn't room for both them and their rivals on the narrow political platforms they have chosen to contest. Without enough space to shift their feet, they are being pushed ever closer to the edge of oblivion. While the Conservatives are left with no choice...