There has never ever been civility in democratic politics where all sides get together decide on the best course of action and execute it.
Even during peace time you're fighting a war.
Even between elections you're fighting the next election.
The only time that you see so called civility in politics is during a majority government because you need to curry to the majority government to get any of your motions passed.
In a minority government you're always going to see what you are seeing now.
The government in power is angling for a majority, the opposition government showing that they're an effective opposition and fighting everything good bad and ugly.
If you want civility in government give the prime minister a gun and the abiltiy to arrest dissentors.
I don't know if you ever saw the video of the Saddam purges when he first took power, but it was fascinating stuff.
Basically he called his whole government together, and then randomly created charges of corruption and treason against members of the Baath party and had them arrested and hauled out in front of the rest of the members of the party. All the time he sat at the podium laughing and smoking a cigar.
But after that he had power.
opps found the video
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