If the election goes ahead, politics will have let the people down

Politics is a matter of perspective. Seeing things from all sides so that you can make decisions not just informed by data, but by a proper understanding of how citizens see things. This week provided a sterling example of how, in order to understand a complex and intractable political mess, it needs to be looked at from a number of perspectives.

So, let us sit back for a moment and imagine some scenarios. ...