Political polarisation is back If the Parliamentary protest achieved anything – it has laid bare how divided New Zealand society currently is. For those favouring the current Government, the existence of growing divisions is a very inconvenient fact while their team is in power. Of course, political polarisation has always been something of a business model for politics. The growing social divisions need attention. The political polarisation that develops out of this isn’t needn’t be a bad thing if it involves a focus on policy solutions rather than toxicity towards opponents.

Source: Stuff December 04, 2022 21:38 UTC