It's only unlikely because Ford dropped the grassroots populism shit that appealed to the OPC members and went with what the party brass prefers.
He's always been in danger of having his back stabbed by Elliott. That convention was supposed to be a crowning, and he disrupted a chance for the Harris legacy to enjoy 12 years of Jim Flaherty's wife in charge. It was her turn.
The great thing about being in a conservative party in Canada is that you can ignore your grassroots, more so than any other party.
The party brass though, that can't be ignored. He'll enjoy another 8 years of fucking up the province before another party comes along and fucks up the province.
It would actually be a good idea if another conservative party broke out in Ontario right now. There's time to build and the problem with big tent conservatism is that it creates a party that lacks ideological purity.
The thing about the left is that it keeps the true crazies off the liberal parties. The environmental extremists are associated with the Greens and the socialists are associated with the NDP. The conservatives have all of their extremists united, being loud and turning people off while cloaked in their banner.
The OPC is never going to change and being leader isn't enough to effect it. Their party brass is too established, their funding structure is too entrenched and Ford just does as he's told.
The bet is that there's more votes in the middle and that their voters won't vote for any other party; especially when the province is in serious financial trouble.
The only way to make them veer right is to make them steal votes from a party that's right of them, and there's only one way to do that.
It's only unlikely because Ford dropped the grassroots populism shit that appealed to the OPC members and went with what the party brass prefers.
He's always been in danger of having his back stabbed by Elliott. That convention was supposed to be a crowning, and he disrupted a chance for the Harris legacy to enjoy 12 years of Jim Flaherty's wife in charge. It was her turn.
The great thing about being in a conservative party in Canada is that you can ignore your grassroots, more so than any other party.
The party brass though, that can't be ignored. He'll enjoy another 8 years of fucking up the province before another party comes along and fucks up the province.
It would actually be a good idea if another conservative party broke out in Ontario right now. There's time to build and the problem with big tent conservatism is that it creates a party that lacks ideological purity.
The thing about the left is that it keeps the true crazies off the liberal parties. The environmental extremists are associated with the Greens and the socialists are associated with the NDP. The conservatives have all of their extremists united, being loud and turning people off while cloaked in their banner.
The OPC is never going to change and being leader isn't enough to effect it. Their party brass is too established, their funding structure is too entrenched and Ford just does as he's told.
The bet is that there's more votes in the middle and that their voters won't vote for any other party; especially when the province is in serious financial trouble.
The only way to make them veer right is to make them steal votes from a party that's right of them, and there's only one way to do that.