It's, I think, to the detriment of politics that party politics exists.
I was in a conversation with Lib Dem's Adrian Sanders on what the point in parties was. He made a few points that were valid, but recently I found, watching Question Time, a perfectly sane conservative having to back David Cameron on his rolling along with The Sun in the Letter 'scandal'.
Any normal human would be able to take their own beliefs and criticise the person 'at fault', however because of party loyalty there is this rallying behind people simply because they are in the same gang as you.
At what point can we try to reach the people and get them interested in politics, when there is this lack of ability of politicians to talk even handedly when it comes to party matters.
The public doesn't like weasling and justifying, it turns them off. How can you reconnect with voters if the people they vote for have party-issued blinkers on.