Any way for the SDP-Liberal Alliance to obtain a majority in parliament?

Is there any way that the SDP-Liberal Alliance could obtain a majority in 1983, or failing that 1987? If they do would the merger between them still occur and we see a majority LibDem governmnet?

Bonus points if the Conservatives are pushed into third place and the main two parties are the SDP-Lib Alliance and Labour.
 
Is there any way that the SDP-Liberal Alliance could obtain a majority in 1983, or failing that 1987? If they do would the merger between them still occur and we see a majority LibDem governmnet?

Bonus points if the Conservatives are pushed into third place and the main two parties are the SDP-Lib Alliance and Labour.

The most likely scenario is have the Falkands War go badly wrong for the British, followed by a 1984 election. This gives the Alliance the numbers to become the dominant component of a Labour-Alliance coalition, propelling them into majority status in 1989.

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