Great stuff Steve, I'm much the same myself, centrist, but varying according to economic conditions

I've been a union co-delegate, and I've been a sole-trader. Both sides gave me valuable insight into labour and capital. I wasn't born just a lefty or just a righty

My mum was a Labor type person, and my dad was a Liberal voter all his life. I got to understand each of their political "stories", so my politics is a blend of both, but never taking sides

Therefore, I've never voted for the divisive major parties, they use only half their brains. The Laborites use one half, and the Liberals use the other half, both never using their whole brains

This "half brain" philosophy may have worked in the past, when constituents were ignorant, dumb and politically aggressive, but it's now past it's use-by date, evidenced by new discoveries in psychology that are surpassing old ways of conditioning of the mind, different voting patterns, and lower primary votes for the Lib and Lab parties

The original intent of "Progressive" ideology has been twisted by every political man and his dog, and in Australia, the two major parties have their own unique take on it, the ascent of homosexuality and women wearing the pants, the exact opposite to Islam, and how many muslims and mosques are there in Australia?, with more coming in. So you can see how the half brain works, it doesn't work, it only promotes conflict. "Conflict is healthy for democracy" they say, well, not any longer

The original intent of Progressivism was far more broad-ranging than what the "half brain" Libs and Labs will ever understand or apply