Politicians accuse opposing politicians of politicising issues. Politics invokes the activities associated with the governance of a country or area, especially the debate between parties having power. That's the Oxford Dictionary definition.
Anything and everything in our collective existence that has to be enabled, prevented or defended by the state is political. Anything that involves the state is, by definition, politics.
To demand that something should or should not be politicised is to misunderstand politics altogether and a diversionary tactic to either avoid having to defend bad policies or avoid political scrutiny. It's an attempt to shut down an embarrassing conversation.
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