Polarisation means report is irrelevant

Some politicians weaponise polarisation and provoke it intentionally. The darker kind realise that if they become so controversial they can exploit with-me-or-against-me supporters’ aversion to any alternative.

They can ride, and generate, tsunamis of emotion and anger at will. Provocation rather than leadership prevails. Their opponents, worn down by one GUBU moment or tweet after another, disengage in something close enough to shock and a deepening sense of despair.