Ambi - left and right, whenever you like

The art of British political apathy for those many pre-brexit years was not that the voting masses were particularly tribal, but rather that they were not.

Sadly, following two decades of single party dominance, and a referendum that would have peeled rock off distant planets - that's changed. You can't dance through social media today without cringing at the rife tribalism and mud being slung across the ether. It's like looking up at a rock gig - the urine-filled pint glasses arching over your head like arrows at Agincourt.

Must we do it? Is it inevitable that you get bucketed into "left" or "right" merely by the most relevant view you hold? It shouldn't be. The art of politics is to craft policy - it's the wretched greed of humans that morphs this social science into an intricate web of power disputes.

Perhaps most voters are wiser? There's wisdom in the crowd, after all.

That's where being "ambi" might come in handy. A bit like using both your hands - an ambi is pragmatic enough to realise that both "wings" have their uses. Unfettered free markets can lead to monopolies, and exploit their employees. Full state control stagnates investment and innovation - through bureaucracy and compliance process.

For every problem, instead demand that the full toolkit of policy be used. This may sound obtuse, and even naive, but private enterprise manages to build value daily - without insisting all its staff join a "camp" for M&A or new product line growth.

By avoiding and sidestepping the trap, the vortex of winged tribalism, we begin to send a message to the policymaker. We begin to demand that a new era of professionalism be ushered in. An environment where dispassion and objective debate are coupled with a mindset that, quite simply, we're all on the same team.

Be ambi. Go forth and propagate.