The blokes at the lime camp first: BCP chiefs most obviously have kept peace within their camp. Marriage counsellors and soon-to-be newlyweds should take a cue from these guys. By opting not to be party to the Umbrella, they have avoided a marriage of convenience with a spouse, the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD), they will continuously bicker with. They did not jump into a union when they knew there will be trouble in accommodating each other with the hope that once inside all will be fine: this, is the biggest plus from their side.
It was also a huge tactical move to hope the other would make their Umbrella and then negotiate a pact with BCP as a single entity; they have since refused though. There is also the huge risk of entering into an arrangement with a Botswana National Front (BNF) that is not at ease - ironically, BCP's existence and possible appeal to some in the BNF is cause for this. BNF factions are never predictable, what starts as a difference of opinion tends to crystallise into a faction that battles the party leadership for as long as it takes. More recently, the Temporary Platform was intended to be just that - a temporary platform from which to advance the views shared by the group of academics largely who opposed the way Otsweletse Moupo did things; in the end it became a little party within the party, thus calling for a special congress and suspensions.
