u/Anti-polarity

"...The prime ministers of the early 21st century have grappled variously with the frenetic, fractious and polarised nature of the contemporary media....All of them have found the setting one in which it is hard to break through to voters, to build and sustain a conversation with the electorate about policy or much else besides. This is not an alibi for the dearth of far-reaching reform this century, but it does make it more explicable".