Commonwealth Roils Over Polarising Issues
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Commonwealth Roils Over Polarising Issues

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As Britain's Prime Minister faces the political guillotine amidst a hotbed of polarising issues, there's an observation that a kind of sociopolitical revolution is stirring in other parts of the Commonwealth.

Public theologian Dr Craig Heilmann compares UK Labour Party's defeat in local body elections with developments in Australia, which has just seen the resurrection of fundamentalist politician Pauline Hanson.  Is extremist ideology degrading social cohesion and causing voters to use the polling booth as a blunt instrument?

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