I was very aware of office politics because I was so baffled by them. So much so goes unsaid. No one says 'you're a cheeky so-and-so ' no one says 'you're so moody ' nobody ever confronts anyone else about anything. But I'm very crass and I'm very confrontational and I have a temper. I had to be hyper-vigilant in every office I worked in.
This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts.
I don't have clear-cut positions. I get baffled by things. I have viewpoints. Sometimes they change.