Liberal Factionalism

Our local State MP, Iain Evans, is now the leader of the State Opposition. A good choice. A personable chap. The issue? Will he be able to galvanise his colleagues to get over the factionalism which has been their major characteristic in the last two decades.
Political parties need to realise that, however important they think that internal factional struggles are, by and large the general community couldn't give a hoot.
It is true of churches too. We often think that the stuff we spend endless hours debating is vitally important. And it is not unimportant, but by and large the wider constituency is not interested. If we reflected either as a party or a church for more than 30 seconds on these realities it might help us to get certain perspectives straight.