COMMENT | I have no intention to start with a damper but this is the real, hard truth.

Can anyone tell me in which period of our nation’s history did we ever witness a semblance of unity among our politicians?

I cannot recall any.

History is often conscripted into the pro-unity argument. That is well and good. Who doesn’t want to see unity where peace, happiness and tranquillity abound?

But where is the unity?

There is no need to look way back; just consider what had happened and is still happening over the past 10 months of 2020. Are we not in one hell of a mess and a total train wreck?

We have continuously heard politicians, from both sides, advocating a truce in view of the worsening Covid-19 pandemic and the deteriorating economy...