Partisanship is a natural byproduct of parliamentary politics. It is, however, always interesting to see how the meaning of labels changes as time goes by. After all, Republicans used to be on the left, a long time ago. Saying "I'm a Republican" or "I'm a Democrat" has a completely different meaning now than it had in, say, 1860 or 1900. Cheers for the article, man. More people should think about this.