Is disunity in politics really death any more? I'm not so sure given the rolling climate conflict

If you were a political scientist, you might wonder if some of these internal differences within the major parties are irreconcilableI'll get to the divisions on coal and climate afflicting both of the major parties shortly, but before we arrive there I want to ask a bigger question about disunity, one I've been carrying around with me since election night last year. Forgive this indulgence, I need to get this off my chest.Politics watchers will know that prime ministers and opposition leaders intone with all the sobriety of an undertaker that "disunity is death". People in my line of work tend to amplify that line dutifully, not because we are ciphers, but because it appeared to be true - one of those truisms so true it required no rebuttal. Continue reading...