Don't get me started on the (non)-necessity of this past election. Stephen even broke his own law to call it. Fixed date elections, every four years. "the prime minister should not be able to call an election for his own political advantage". except when it's stephen's advantage, apparently.
that said, the talking heads were saying that we should get used to minority governments for the next while. We have five credible parties in the country now, and with the Bloc taking large chunks of Quebec's 75 seats, a majority is going to be very hard for anyone to get. makes sense to moi.
You talk about the Liberals losing "a handful"... 95 down to 77 is more than that, it's close enough 20% of your seats. I realise that 20% losses in financial circles at the moment don't sound like much, but in parliamentary representation, it's huge. Unlike ruralrob, I don't think that a new Liberal leader would automatically sweep the tories out of office. I would wish that it did - heaven knows, M.Dion has all the charisma of a boiled potato, and that's a lot of the problem, but it's not gonna be that simple.
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Date: 2008-10-15 10:08 pm (UTC)that said, the talking heads were saying that we should get used to minority governments for the next while. We have five credible parties in the country now, and with the Bloc taking large chunks of Quebec's 75 seats, a majority is going to be very hard for anyone to get. makes sense to moi.
You talk about the Liberals losing "a handful"... 95 down to 77 is more than that, it's close enough 20% of your seats. I realise that 20% losses in financial circles at the moment don't sound like much, but in parliamentary representation, it's huge. Unlike