Hung by their lanyards

The question of a hung (or balanced) parliament came up on Any Questions last Friday, and predictably both the Labour and the Conservative panel member asserted that it would lead to unstable and economically disastrous coalition government. Here's a remarkably frank observation from a Danish friend: Obviously they would say that, but I suspect they actually believe it too. Do they never look at other countries? To the best of my knowledge, Denmark has not in my lifetime had anything other than coalition government - no party has had an overall majority in that time that I can recall. Yet I hardly think anyone would seriously suggest that Denmark is less prosperous or less well-governed than the UK. We've had very stable government for many, many years; our per capita GDP ($55,942) is the fifth highest in the world (after Luxembourg, Norway, Qatar and Switzerland). The Uk ($35,728) comes in 21st place. If Britain is so different, and if coalition really would be disastrous, what does that say about British politicians and their regard for the wishes of the electorate?