Sentences with phrase «increasing polarisation»

Increasing polarisation marked divisions across the country: the Conservatives dominated southern England and took additional seats from Labour in London and the rest of the south, but performed less well in Northern England, Scotland, and Wales, losing many of the seats they had won there in the previous elections.

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It's a fraught and complex cultural phenomenon, linked to a number of related shifts: increased political polarisation and extremism, the rise of social media and postmodern philosophy.

What's not quite clear to me yet is whether the new boundaries increase or decrease the geographical polarisation that we've seen since 2001 — where Labour have been losing ground in the South of England while gaining vote share in the North of England.

Your tendency to view the issue that way is increasing rather than decreasing the polarisation because you think / speak / act in a fashion which takes two opposing sides as a given.

The latter measure has deteriorated because of the increased levels of political polarisation within the US political system.

And with more people going to university than ever before, the polarisation between skilled and unskilled workers is increasing.