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Absolutely this.
It's crept in slowly and insidiously, perhaps over the course of the last four governments but it's this strange PR-ish/corporate form of governing that actively avoids strong leadership.
Again, I don't mean iron-fist/shouty leadership but being open about their positions on those hard concepts you mention, to start.It probably stems from the pursuit of perceived stability like we see with ever-increasing complexity of bureaucracy and even language within corporate structures.
I kind of see it as a form of cosmic heat-death into a maximum state of entropy of dullness.
Parklife!
Well_is_it
Irrespective of party politics and left / right affiliation, my main disappointment with contemporary politicians is their lack of thought leadership.
Leadership as a politician does not just mean having a grasp of your cabinet and making decisions for the county.
It should mean helping your constituents to understand difficult truths. Through speeches, media, example and other means our politicians should be explaining hard concepts:
Why immigration makes more jobs not fewer.
Why multiculturalism is not a loss of identity.
Why all members of society deserve respect and equal treatment.
Why cucumbers are straight and why we have red passports.
But, I never hear these things addressed, explained and defused.
A lot of the comments in that ^ post are just ignorance. I don't blame the ignorance. I blame the leaders that allow the ignorance to continue.
Stand the fuck up, government, and make things better, you useless shower of bickering scarecrows. Churchill would have. Atlee would have. Benn would have. To an extent, Thatcher would have.