Promise the malcontents what they want and then give them nothing.......it is essential to appear to be doing something while actually doing nothing......give the responsibility to the least competent to resolve the issue and give that individual no authority.....keep stringing the malcontents along with procrastinations and excuses until they finally give up and go away....if they accidentally make progress replace the individual in charge.....always blame opponents for your failures.....give financing with one hand, but take it away with another......always remember that in politics words and platitudes speak far louder than actions......If all else fails, photo ops and more platitudes !!!! 

Above all, do NOT resolve the problem as it will form the basis for future promises. 

This may be from Machiavelli's "The Prince", but more likely from the liberal's, " Handbook for PMs".  

The best thing is that it doesn't have to work with the majority of the electorate, just 40%.