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Quite. It's a recurring theme in modern politics, and it's completely unhelpful and self-serving. All parties aiming to win votes rather than an ideological purity award need to realise you need to appeal to a cross section of people. Few people other than the completely indoctrinated are going to agree with a party's stance on everything.
One nation and broad church are Tory party cliches, but the reality is they've managed to capitalise on selling themselves as the best choice overall to many, even if you don't agree with everything.
It is not so much a theme in modern politics, as a theme in modern British politics with its two party political system which is particularly susceptible to the polarising effect of the internet where everyone talks and no one listens.
A better system is surely one in which we have a broad spectrum of parties and government is by consensus and compromise.